07/05/2013

Woman Charged With Triple Murder

A woman in her 30s has been charged in connection with the murders of three men whose bodies were fund in separate ditches.

It is understood that 48-year-old Kevin Lee, was found in Newborough, Cambridgeshire, on 30 March, having died from stab wounds to the chest.

31-year-old Lukasz Slaboszewski was found at Thorney Dyke, Cambridgeshire, along with 56-year-old John Chapman.

According to the BBC, Slaboszewski was stabbed in the heart and Chapman was stabbed in the neck and chest.

Joanna Dennehy, of Peterborough, who is in her early 30s, has been charged with the three murders, the Crown Prosecution Service said on Tuesday.

Leslie Layton, 36, of Orton Goldhay, has been charged with perverting the course of justice.

Robert Moore, 55, of Peterborough, has also been charged with assisting an offender in connection with the case.

(H/CD)


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