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23yrs for Harrods girl killer.


Byline: By DON MACKAY Donald Mackay, (born March 19 1940 in Perth), is a Scottish former football player and manager. As player
He was a goalkeeper and played for Forfar Athletic, Dundee United, and Southend United during his playing career.
 

A CANNABIS-smoking loner who killed a Harrods assistant and buried her on the common where she liked to go jogging was jailed for life yesterday.

Garath Davies, 23, was told he will serve a minimum of 23 years for the murder of Egeli Rasta.

Judge Richard Hawkins told the Old Bailey Old Bailey
Noun

the Central Criminal Court of England

Noun 1. Old Bailey - the central criminal court in London
criminal court - a court having jurisdiction over criminal cases
 he believed the attack had "sexual motivation".

And as Davies was taken down, Miss Rasta's boyfriend Lesley Anthony shouted from the public gallery: "Rot in hell."

Davies, from Mitcham, South London South London (known colloquially as South of the River) is the area of London south of the River Thames. Some neighbourhoods north of the Thames have South London postal codes (SW), but these neighbourhoods are classified as West or Central London. , was found guilty last November.

He said he "could not remember" what happened to the 27-year-old Estonian as he was "stoned" from chain-smoking pot.

But a bloodstained knife was found at his home and "Gaz" was carved on a tree near where her naked body was found 12 days after she vanished in July 2006.

The judge told Davies: "She was a young woman full of hope. You suddenly ended a precious life."

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Publication:The Mirror (London, England)
Date:Jan 12, 2008
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