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'Vampire youth drank victim's blood'
The teenager
accused of murdering an elderly widow in north Wales was a
vampire-obsessed youth who drank the blood of his victim during a
"particularly gruesome killing", a court heard. The
17-year-old, who cannot be named for legal reasons, denies murdering
90-year-old Mabel Leyshon in her home in Llanfairpwll, on Anglesey.
Prosecuting,
Roger Thomas QC told Mold Crown Court the heart of the victim had been
removed, wrapped in newspaper and placed in a saucepan. The body of
Mrs Leyshon was found on Sunday, 25 November last year at her
semi-detached bungalow. She had died
from multiple stab wounds and her chest had been "ripped open". Pokers were
left at her feet in the shape of a cross, the jury heard. "Strong
evidence" Mr Thomas
said DNA in blood found at the scene matched that of the defendant. "This is
extremely strong evidence," he said. The chance of
another person's DNA matching the sample was one in 73m, he added. The
defendant, from Anglesey, was arrested a month after a BBC Crimewatch UK
reconstruction of her last known hours.
It was
alleged that he had previously talked to a girl at a party about his
desire to become a vampire and to be immortal. He had told
her the small village of Llanfairpwll was a "perfect place for
vampires". "The
person who entered the house murdered Mrs Leyshon, removed her heart and
drank her blood is this defendant," Mr Thomas said. He added the
murder had not been a sudden outburst of violence resulting in death - but
a brutal and vicious murder that had been planned. "Sacrifice"
"By 24
November, 2001, the defendant had learned quite a lot about vampires,
certainly enough to satisfy his two main questions - how do I become a
vampire and how do I become immortal?" "He had
decided what he had to do - a sacrifice, the murder of another human being
was necessary to achieve his ends. "And
with his parents away he committed what we submit to you was a planned,
deliberate murder to satisfy his own grotesque and selfish ends." Mr Thomas
said the defendant was not mentally unstable, and was responsible for his
actions. He told the
court the circumstances of the murder were particularly gruesome, and that
he would try to ensure the amount of disturbing material placed before the
jury would be limited. A rear patio
door window had been broken and when two police officers entered the house
and went into the TV room they were confronted by the body of Mrs Leyshon.
"It soon
became clear that this was not simply the murder of a defenceless old lady
who had confronted a burglar," said Mr Thomas. The case continues. Copyright
© 2002 Global Action on Aging
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