Wales 2012-10-02

Mark Bridger 59

Child abduction & murder for sexual gratification.

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Offender ID: O-0727

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Machynlleth, Powys, Wales

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Mark Bridger was told he would die behind bars after being jailed for life for the murder of April Jones.

Bridger was given the sentence in May, 2013, after a jury at Mold Crown Court found him guilty of abducting and murdering five-year-old April before disposing of her remains.

Handing Bridger a whole life tariff, Mr Justice Griffith Williams branded him a "pathological liar" and a "paedophile".

The judge said: There is no doubt in my mind that you are a paedophile, who has for some time harboured sexual and morbid fantasies about young girls.

He added that Bridger had stored on his laptop "not only images of pre-pubescent and pubescent girls but foul pornography of the gross sexual abuse of young children.

Bridger became just the 32nd person in UK history to be handed a whole life tariff after being found guilty of murder.

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