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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Steven Morris

Man obsessed with serial killer jailed for murder of teenager Bobbi-Anne McLeod

Cody Ackland was not known to police before the killing.
Cody Ackland was not known to police before the killing. Photograph: Devon and Cornwall police

A man who was morbidly fascinated with the American serial killer Ted Bundy has been jailed for a minimum of 30 years after admitting to the savage murder of the teenager Bobbi-Anne McLeod, who disappeared as she waited for a bus in Plymouth.

Cody Ackland, a 24-year-old rock musician, attacked 18-year-old McLeod with a claw hammer in November last year before kidnapping her and carrying out a prolonged attack in a forest, causing “catastrophic” injuries to her head and face.

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