Jack Crawley jailed for life

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Jack Crawley jailed for life

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Jack Crawley was found guilty of Paul Taylor’s ******* following a trial

A man who bludgeoned an army veteran to ****** with a hammer has been sentenced to life in prison.

Jack Crawley, 20, of Carlisle, was told at Carlisle Crown Court he would need to serve a minimum term of 37 years.

Paul Taylor, 56, from Annan, Dumfriesshire, went missing last October and his ******** were found in woodland near Carlisle, Cumbria, in May.

Crawley was found guilty of Mr Taylor’s *******, as well as the attempted ******* of another man while he was on bail.

Crawley bludgeoned Mr Taylor to ****** with a hammer and tried to ***** his body, the court heard.

He then ******* the Cumberland Infirmary catering manager in a shallow grave in Finglandrigg Wood.

They had been in touch for some time before the ******** and had previously met to have ****, the trial heard.

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Paul Taylor’s body was discovered in a shallow grave in Finglandrigg Wood

Crawley was also sentenced for the attempted ******* of a second man he met on gay dating app Grindr, who he also attacked with a claw hammer in York while on bail for the ******* of Mr Taylor.

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, after more than eight hours of deliberation.

‘Intention to *****’

At sentencing, Mr Justice Goose described Crawley as a “highly dangerous young man” who inflicted “callous cruelty” on Paul Taylor.

The judge said Mr Taylor was ******* in a “******* for gain”, as Crawley wanted to steal his car.

He said Crawley’s intention was also to ***** the second man in York.

In a victim impact statement from Mr Taylor’s widow, Maria, which was read to the court, she said: “Our lives and world are completely torn apart.”

“We had plans to grow old together this has all been taken away from us.”

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