Couple jailed for life for murdering and dismembering woman
Couple jailed for life for murdering and dismembering woman
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A couple who killed a woman and dumped her dismembered body in a park have been jailed for life. Steven Sansom and his partner Gemma Watts, 49, previously pleaded guilty at the Old Bailey to the murder of Sarah Mayhew, 38, and perverting the course of justice.
Mrs Justice Cutts sentenced Samson to life imprisonment for murder with a whole life order, which means he will never be released from prison. It is the second life sentence for Sansom, 45, who was jailed for robbing and murdering a taxi driver in 1999 and released from prison on licence in 2019.
Watts was sentenced to life imprisonment with a minimum term of 30 years, along with five years for perverting the course of justice. If she is ever released, she will spend the rest of her life on licence. The couple are said to have known Ms Mayhew, who was found dead in Rowdown Fields, New Addington in south London, after police were alerted to the discovery of human remains on 2 April last year.
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The judge said that Sansom "had murder in mind" and that Watts, who was obsessed with him, took part in the murder. Ms Mayhew was never seen again after she joined Sanson, whom she had met years before on a dating site, at his ground floor flat in Sutton at about 11pm on March 8 2024.
