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10-28-2011, 02:57 PM
Vincent Tabak has been found guilty of the murder of Bristol landscape architect Jo Yeates and sentenced to a minimum of 20 years in jail.
Miss Yeates, 25, was strangled in her Clifton flat after inviting her 33-year-old neighbour in for drinks on 17 December last year.
The Bristol Crown Court jury came to a majority decision of 10-2.
After he strangled Miss Yeates, Tabak viewed internet pornography depicting violence against women.
On computers recovered from his flat, police found images of men holding their hands around the necks of women during sex and photos of women tied up in the boot of a car.
Mr Justice Field, sentencing Tabak, said: "I think there was a sexual element to this killing."
Miss Yeates's body was found after being hidden under the snow for eight days
He added Tabak had committed "a dreadful, evil act on a vulnerable young woman" and that he intended to go "much further" after attempting to kiss her.
Tabak left Miss Yeates's body on the verge of a country road near Bristol. She was found on Christmas Day.
The killing happened after Miss Yeates made a "flirty comment", Tabak claimed at Bristol Crown Court.
"We were standing close to each other, she invited me in for a drink. She made a flirty comment. I thought she was flirtatious," he said.
But when he went to kiss her she screamed and Tabak claimed he held his hand over her mouth and around her neck in an attempt to silence her.
The prosecution claimed that Miss Yeates would have been in pain and resisted him but Tabak denied this was the case and told the court there was no struggle.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bristol-15448121
Miss Yeates, 25, was strangled in her Clifton flat after inviting her 33-year-old neighbour in for drinks on 17 December last year.
The Bristol Crown Court jury came to a majority decision of 10-2.
After he strangled Miss Yeates, Tabak viewed internet pornography depicting violence against women.
On computers recovered from his flat, police found images of men holding their hands around the necks of women during sex and photos of women tied up in the boot of a car.
Mr Justice Field, sentencing Tabak, said: "I think there was a sexual element to this killing."
Miss Yeates's body was found after being hidden under the snow for eight days
He added Tabak had committed "a dreadful, evil act on a vulnerable young woman" and that he intended to go "much further" after attempting to kiss her.
Tabak left Miss Yeates's body on the verge of a country road near Bristol. She was found on Christmas Day.
The killing happened after Miss Yeates made a "flirty comment", Tabak claimed at Bristol Crown Court.
"We were standing close to each other, she invited me in for a drink. She made a flirty comment. I thought she was flirtatious," he said.
But when he went to kiss her she screamed and Tabak claimed he held his hand over her mouth and around her neck in an attempt to silence her.
The prosecution claimed that Miss Yeates would have been in pain and resisted him but Tabak denied this was the case and told the court there was no struggle.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bristol-15448121