Evil dad who strangled son’s girlfriend, 30, to death before buying custard slice from bakery is GUILTY of murder
Evil dad who strangled son’s girlfriend, 30, to death before buying custard slice from bakery is GUILTY of murder
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A TWISTED dad who who strangled his son's girlfriend to death before buying a custard slice has been found guilty of murder. Sophie Evans, 30, was discovered face down wearing only a bath towel following the horror in Llanelli, Wales. Her partner's dad Richard Jones had called round to the home to carry out some work when he murdered the mum-of-two.
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The 50-year-old was then captured on CCTV buying a tuna roll and custard slice from a local bakery. Jones has now been found guilty of murdering Sophie following a harrowing trial. Swansea Crown Court heard Jones admitted killing Sophie in a phone conversation with his ex-partner Tracey Thompson.
He spent eight minutes on the phone with her before messaging: "Don't say a word please". A post-mortem found Sophie suffered multiple injuries - including defensive wounds - after she was physically attacked and assaulted. The mum-of-two's cause of death was given as compression to the neck.
When Jones was arrested, police found a notepad that had a messaged scrawled on it in his car. It read: "I got scammed and rinsed by my own son so I dealt with it myself. Had no other choice.”. Jones told officers he was being taken advantage of financially and had “lost his temper” before the killing.
The court heard Sophie was in a relationship with Jones' son Jamie Davies at the time of her death. She had moved into Jamie's home in April 2023 and was paying the mortgage while he was remanded at HMP Swansea facing charges of supplying drugs and money laundering.
