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| Jamie Reynolds loses Georgia Williams murder sentence appeal | Jamie Reynolds loses Georgia Williams murder sentence appeal |
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| A man who killed a girl by hanging her at his parents' house has lost his appeal against his whole-life sentence. | A man who killed a girl by hanging her at his parents' house has lost his appeal against his whole-life sentence. |
| Jamie Reynolds, 23, was told he would spend the rest of his life behind bars when he was sentenced in May for the murder of 17-year-old Georgia Williams. | Jamie Reynolds, 23, was told he would spend the rest of his life behind bars when he was sentenced in May for the murder of 17-year-old Georgia Williams. |
| Reynolds was described as a "sexual deviant" with a "morbid fascination" with depictions of extreme violence, and as a potential serial killer. | Reynolds was described as a "sexual deviant" with a "morbid fascination" with depictions of extreme violence, and as a potential serial killer. |
| Georgia went missing from her home in Shropshire on 26 May 2013. | Georgia went missing from her home in Shropshire on 26 May 2013. |
| 'Last dying second' | 'Last dying second' |
| Her body was found in woodland off the Nant-y-Garth pass, near Wrexham, four days later. | Her body was found in woodland off the Nant-y-Garth pass, near Wrexham, four days later. |
| Reynolds had hanged the teenager in a sexually motivated attack in Wellington before dumping her body. | |
| The Court of Appeal ruled there was "no basis on which it can properly be argued that a whole-life order was not required". | The Court of Appeal ruled there was "no basis on which it can properly be argued that a whole-life order was not required". |
| The whole-life tariff handed out when Reynolds received a mandatory life sentence for the "horrific" murder was "just", said Lord Chief Justice Thomas. | |
| Giving his reaction to the Court of Appeal's ruling, Georgia's father Steve Williams said there was "no punishment severe enough". | |
| "I hope he serves life in prison until his last dying second - that's me speaking as a dad," he said. | "I hope he serves life in prison until his last dying second - that's me speaking as a dad," he said. |