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Thug cycled 17 miles to stab his ex girlfriend before going to the pub with friends




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A vengeful ex cycled 17 miles to the country home of a mother of three before stabbing her to death.

John Jessop, 26, was returning to his hometown of Newark, Nottinghamshire, following the attack on Clair Ablewhite, 47.

She had previously broken up with him over concerns about their age difference.

A friend had expressed concern for Clair’s well-being, prompting the 47-year-old’s father to visit her cottage in the village of Colston Bassett on 26 February.

When he found his daughter’s body, Jessop was sipping a pint in a pub with his friends.

Detectives initially had nothing to do but grainy surveillance video of a hooded figure — provided by Clair’s neighbor — after the professional dog walker was found dead in her pajamas on Feb. 26 of last year.

There was no murder weapon in sight and little DNA evidence other than his bloody shoe prints.

But officers later discovered Clair’s cell phone, which had been thrown into a stream.

They were able to access messages revealing that she had used a dating site where she chatted with Jessop.

After the 26-year-old was sentenced to life in Nottingham Crown Court, Nottingham Police Det Insp Mel Crutchley explained the importance of the CCTV footage.

He said: “He [Jessop had been in an intimate relationship with her [Clair] from September 2021 which had ended on February 19, 2022. The contact ceased mainly due to concern over the age difference, and it was evident from the communication that he had been at her Colston Bassett address during the six weeks she had resided there,” reports Metro.

The 26-year-old of Sherwood Avenue pleaded guilty to the murder in an earlier hearing and was sentenced today.

Nottingham Crown Court was told how he attacked Clair about her on February 25 last year, hitting her repeatedly before stabbing her and then cycling home.

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