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Daily Mirror
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Katie Mansfield

Killer 'out to punish' girlfriend when he murdered her and man weeks after leaving jail

A “warped and angry” double killer who slit the throats of his girlfriend and another man within weeks of being released from prison is facing two life sentences.

Lee Peacock, 50, murdered Sharon Pickles, 46, before wrapping her body in a duvet and hiding it under the bed on 16 August 2021.

Peacock was out to “punish” his partner and Clinton Ashmore, 59, during a two-day violent spree through Westminster in August 2021, the Old Bailey heard.

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