Callous girl-killer gets life.Byline: By LUCY THORNTONA "COLD and calculated killer" who dismembered a prostitute and took the parts to a wood in taxis has been jailed for life. A jury found father-of-three Stuart Burns guilty of murdering Lyndsey Bourne Bourne, town (1990 pop. 16,064), Barnstable co., SE Mass., crossed by Cape Cod Canal; settled 1627, inc. 1884. Bourne Bridge (1935), across the canal, made the town an entry point to Cape Cod and a resort and commercial center. , 28, after she asked for money for sex. Burns, 30, wrapped her body parts in plastic before disposing of them. Mr Justice Simon labelled his actions as "barbaric". He said: "Your description of what you did to her body showed a cold and calculated ruthlessness. "You dismembered her body using a saw in your bath and then carried the eight parts in four trips to a secluded area and then buried them." Leeds crown court heard drunken Burns flew into a rage and strangled stran·gle v. stran·gled, stran·gling, stran·gles v.tr. 1. a. To kill by squeezing the throat so as to choke or suffocate; throttle. b. Lyndsey after finding out she was a prostitute. Lyndsey's mother Karen Pawson said after the case: "Burns has shown no remorse Remorse See also Regret. Ayenbite of Inwit (Remorse of Conscience) Middle English version of medieval moral treatise, c. 1340. [Br. Lit. . Lyndsey gave him no provocation. She did not deserve to have her life cut short." CAPTION(S): COLD: Burns |
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