The friend of a Fathers for Justice campaigner and his young wife was today jailed for 34 years for brutally murdering them in their own home as their young son slept in the next room. Stanley Elliott, 53, was handed two life sentences for the 'frenzied' stabbing of 'defenceless' Geoffrey Hibbert, 61, and his 29-year-old wife Michelle shortly after they returned home from a night out.
In the 'dreadful' attack, Elliott, who had been babysitting their son, stabbed Mr Hibbert 58 times in the neck and torso and Mrs Hibbert seven times. He slit her throat as she made a desperate 999 call.
The Honourable Justice Neil Garnham jailed Elliott for 34 years, telling him: "This was a prolonged, angry and frenzied knife attack by you on two defenceless people that caused them both great pain and led, eventually, to their deaths. This must have been the most dreadful and terrifying of deaths for Geoffrey and Michelle. They each knew that you were stabbing their spouse.
