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CRIMINALS in Dorset put behind bars in May include a murderer, an attempted murderer and a knife-point robber.

Lewis Crofts admitted killing Kimberley Deakin at her Stoke-on-Trent home in November last year. Crofts, 30 and of Lytchett Drive, Broadstone, pleaded guilty at a pre-trial review hearing at Stafford Crown Court last month. He was remanded into custody and is now set to be sentenced at the same court this afternoon Judge Kristina Montgomery QC. As reported, officers from Staffordshire Police were called to Leigh Street, Burslem, just before 4.45pm on November 6, 2020. The force had received a report that a woman had been seriously injured. Ms Deakin, 29, died in hospital a short t...

Her sister Brittany said: "Not only have I lost my sister, I have lost my best friend" She added: "Losing Kim has ripped a huge chunk out of my heart." She said her sister was taken away by an "evil monster". "I have never had so much hate and anger towards one person but you Lewis Crofts make my blood boil," said Brittany Deakin. Ms Deakin's uncle Craig said: "It is a tragic night and we will never learn the full truth." He told the court that the family's lives have "changed forever" and he will never forgive Crofts for what he did.

A DORSET man has pleaded guilty to the murder of a mum in Stoke-on-Trent.