Killing The Taxman

Chapter 2

The Garside Gazette

The Garside GazetteNOTORIOUS ‘MANNIKIN KILLER’ FOUND GUILTY

NOTORIOUS ‘MANNIKIN KILLER’ FOUND GUILTYGraham Reason Guilty of Six Murders, Sentenced to Life

Graham Reason Guilty of Six Murders, Sentenced to LifeImprisonment

ImprisonmentGraham Paul Reason, 37, of Tetney Hall, Lower Tetney, West Garside was today found guilty of the murders of six women, including his own mother and sister. Four of the victims had been completely covered in white paint, including their eyeballs, and then left naked in public spaces, displayed as human mannikins.

Reason cited defence of insanity. He was ‘ordered by his dead mother’ to commit these heinous crimes. The insanity defence was rejected by the jury and he was found guilty on all charges of murder, as well as several lesser offences including k********g, car theft, and the illegal disposal of human remains.

Sentencing decision: six life terms. The judge, Mr Justice Jonathon Barker, told Reason that this was a ‘whole life’ sentence and that he would never be released from prison. Reason made no comment but simply stared at a spot above the judge’s head, as he had done throughout the trial.

Speaking after the verdict, DS Terry Horton of West Garside CID stated that, ‘A truly evil man has been found guilty of the most monstrous of murders and has justly been jailed for life. The streets of West Garside are now a much safer place.’

The Gazette would remind readers that the successful investigation into the Mannikin Killings was led by DCI Grace Swan and that DS Horton had been severely wounded during the arrest of Reason and had been commended for his bravery.

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