PERTH, Australia A judge on Wednesday ordered a long prison term for a man who killed two women and sexually assaulted two others in Australia’s western city of Perth more than 20 years ago crimes connected years later by fingerprints and DNA tests. Bradley Robert Edwards, 52, was sentenced in the Western Australia […]
A woman who was raped by the Claremont serial killer has come face-to-face with him in court to deliver a powerful victim impact statement.
The victim spoke for the first time in the Supreme Court of Western Australia on Wednesday, as Bradley Robert Edwards was sentenced to a minimum of 40 years in jail. I hope you are treated as well in prison as you have treated us, she told a packed courtroom filled with the families of his victims.
Edwards, a former Telstra technician, was convicted in September of abducting and murdering Jane Rimmer, 23, and Ciara Glennon, 27, in 1996 and 1997.
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Court room applauded after Claremont Killer was sentenced to life23/12/2020|6min
After Claremont Killer Bradley Edwards was given two life sentences for the murders of Jane Rimmer and Ciara Glennon, the court room broke out into applause, according to Sky News reporter Emily Evans.
Mr Edwards will serve a minimum of 40 years in prison.
Applause in the court room is usually unheard of given the usual manner of legal procedures and processes.
Ms Evans said Justice Stephen Hall had to wait until the room had finished applauding before he could continue handing down the sentence.
“As for Bradley Robert Edwards; no emotion,” Ms Evans said.
Claremont serial killer to receive sentence today 23/12/2020|2min
The Claremont Killer, Bradley Robert Edwards, will be sentenced on Wednesday for the murders of Jane Rimmer and Ciara Glennon.
The two women disappeared after separate nights out in Claremont between January 1996 and March 1997 - as did 18-year-old Sarah Spears whose body has never been found. The bodies of Ms Rimmer and Ms Glennon were later discovered in Perth bushland.
Justice Stephen Hall has spent three months determining the sentence.
The courtroom is expected to be packed as the length of the Claremont serial killer’s almost certain jail time is revealed.