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Jericho Paradeza

Karl Hutchings Gets Life Sentence After Dismembering Woman and Giving Police a Hand-Drawn Map to Her Grave

Julie Buckley Police Mark Bishop Murder Cambridgeshire Constabulary
Karl Hutchings was sentenced to life in prison after murdering Julie Buckley (AI-enhanced image) (Credit: Official Police Portrait from Cambridgeshire Constabulary)

Karl Hutchings, 48, the man who killed and dismembered Julie Buckley in September 2025, was sentenced to life on Thursday, 9 July, with a minimum term of 21 years and one month.

Hutchings pleaded guilty to the murder on 15 September 2025 and reportedly gave police a hand-drawn map, leading to Julie's remains in a shallow grave near Wimblington. The victim's remains were hacked into 10 pieces, in what sentencing Judge Mark Bishop described as 'particularly brutal.'

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