Wakefield man Tony Brooks has on Thursday been sentenced to life in prison for the murder of "beacon of light" Leeds woman Kirstie Ellis, 35.
Brooks, 36, will spend at least 24 years and nine months of his life in prison for the murder of his girlfriend of around two months at the time. Kirstie's body was not found at her home in Stanhall Mews, Stanningley, for more than seven weeks after her murder when Brooks told police there was a body there on March 25.
During that time Kirstie's body was left upstairs in her bath, Brooks returned to her house on more than one occasion. He took at least a TV and a sound bar and sold them on, and also later took her bank card and withdrew over £1,500 from her account.
