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Sex killer jailed

Tuesday 15 March 1994 00:02 GMT
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Louise Thomas

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Russell Irvine, who has a long history of sex offences, was jailed for life for battering a teenage girl to death. Preston Crown Court was told Irvine, 22, had sex with his victim, Samantha Leaman, either before or after her death last year at a flat in Blackpool, Lancashire.

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