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| Man jailed over house raid murder | Man jailed over house raid murder |
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| A teenage burglar who battered a mother of two to death in her own home while wearing an electronic tag has been jailed for a minimum of 18 years. | A teenage burglar who battered a mother of two to death in her own home while wearing an electronic tag has been jailed for a minimum of 18 years. |
| Lloyd Edwards, 19, had been convicted at Kingston Crown Court of murdering Laila Rezk, 51, who was found at her home in Kingston Vale in 2006. | Lloyd Edwards, 19, had been convicted at Kingston Crown Court of murdering Laila Rezk, 51, who was found at her home in Kingston Vale in 2006. |
| Edwards was issued with a tag when he was released early from an 18-month Detention and Training Order. | Edwards was issued with a tag when he was released early from an 18-month Detention and Training Order. |
| Edwards, of south-west London, admitted manslaughter but had denied murder. | Edwards, of south-west London, admitted manslaughter but had denied murder. |
| On curfew | On curfew |
| It emerged following the trial that Edwards had been released two months earlyfrom a young offenders' institute where he was serving part of an 18-monthdetention and training order for a previous offence. | It emerged following the trial that Edwards had been released two months earlyfrom a young offenders' institute where he was serving part of an 18-monthdetention and training order for a previous offence. |
| He was fitted with an electronic tag and on a curfew but after drinking all dayon November 29 last year, he entered Mrs Rezk's home as she prepared a familydinner and launched a violent attack when she screamed. | He was fitted with an electronic tag and on a curfew but after drinking all dayon November 29 last year, he entered Mrs Rezk's home as she prepared a familydinner and launched a violent attack when she screamed. |
| Laila Rezk died the day after the attack in her London home | Laila Rezk died the day after the attack in her London home |
| She was left with severe brain damage and her injuries suggested she had beenpunched a number of times and her head smashed against a wall. | She was left with severe brain damage and her injuries suggested she had beenpunched a number of times and her head smashed against a wall. |
| She was still breathing when daughter Dina, a PhD student at Girton College,Cambridge, who was then 22, and son Tamer, a medical student aged 20, walked inthrough the open doorway. | She was still breathing when daughter Dina, a PhD student at Girton College,Cambridge, who was then 22, and son Tamer, a medical student aged 20, walked inthrough the open doorway. |
| The court heard her daughter "could not recognise her mother's face" becauseof her injuries, which were so severe that paramedics thought a weapon must havebeen used. | The court heard her daughter "could not recognise her mother's face" becauseof her injuries, which were so severe that paramedics thought a weapon must havebeen used. |
| She was taken to hospital but had fallen into a coma from which she neverrecovered. | She was taken to hospital but had fallen into a coma from which she neverrecovered. |
| Print on key | Print on key |
| A single thumbprint on a bent front door key on a bunch recovered from a lockat the home matched that of Edwards from Roehampton, south west London. | A single thumbprint on a bent front door key on a bunch recovered from a lockat the home matched that of Edwards from Roehampton, south west London. |
| He later told police he pulled his sleeves over his hands when he went aroundthe house. | He later told police he pulled his sleeves over his hands when he went aroundthe house. |
| He denied unlocking the door with the key but officers believe thatin his agitation, his jumper slipped from his hands, leaving the print on thekey. | He denied unlocking the door with the key but officers believe thatin his agitation, his jumper slipped from his hands, leaving the print on thekey. |
| When police arrested him, they seized a pair of Nike Huarache trainers whichmatched footmarks left at the scene. | When police arrested him, they seized a pair of Nike Huarache trainers whichmatched footmarks left at the scene. |
| The trainers were found to have LailaRezk's blood on them. | The trainers were found to have LailaRezk's blood on them. |
| Edwards told officers that he trained as a boxer and kept himself fit but, evenso, he did not think he had seriously hurt Mrs Rezk. | Edwards told officers that he trained as a boxer and kept himself fit but, evenso, he did not think he had seriously hurt Mrs Rezk. |
| The court heard that the injury that killed Mrs Rezk was likely to be the"hyper-extension" of the neck as her head was forced back by a blow, causingcatastrophic damage to her brain stem. | The court heard that the injury that killed Mrs Rezk was likely to be the"hyper-extension" of the neck as her head was forced back by a blow, causingcatastrophic damage to her brain stem. |