True crime fan with serial killer images plastered on bedroom walls murdered on-off partner in 'crime of passion'
Shaye Groves, 27, has been jailed for life and will serve at least 23 years in prison after slitting Frankie Fitzgerald's throat and stabbing him 17 times in the chest in July last year. She was sentenced at Winchester Crown Court on Wednesday .
Groves had framed pictures of serial killers on her walls, collected books about gangsters, including the notorious prisoner Charles Bronson, and watched true crime documentaries. She appeared in court on Wednesday wearing a jacket with a pentagram drawn on the back of it, and remained expressionless in the dock as she received her sentence.
During the trial it was said that Groves stabbed Mr Fitzgerald after discovering that he had been messaging a 13-year-old girl on Facebook. However, Mr Justice Kerr told Groves: “You did not notice that Frankie had blocked her as soon as she had said she was 13. In fact, she was 17.” Mr Perian added: “Where would the defendant have got the insight from to plan the details of the attack and to make it look like she was the victim of an assault? The defendant has many gangster books like Charles Bronson in her bookcase.
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