Court room applauded after Claremont Killer was sentenced to life23/12/2020|6min
After Claremont Killer Bradley Edwards was given two life sentences for the murders of Jane Rimmer and Ciara Glennon, the court room broke out into applause, according to Sky News reporter Emily Evans.
Mr Edwards will serve a minimum of 40 years in prison.
Applause in the court room is usually unheard of given the usual manner of legal procedures and processes.
Ms Evans said Justice Stephen Hall had to wait until the room had finished applauding before he could continue handing down the sentence.
“As for Bradley Robert Edwards; no emotion,” Ms Evans said.
Claremont serial killer to receive sentence today 23/12/2020|2min
The Claremont Killer, Bradley Robert Edwards, will be sentenced on Wednesday for the murders of Jane Rimmer and Ciara Glennon.
The two women disappeared after separate nights out in Claremont between January 1996 and March 1997 - as did 18-year-old Sarah Spears whose body has never been found. The bodies of Ms Rimmer and Ms Glennon were later discovered in Perth bushland.
Justice Stephen Hall has spent three months determining the sentence.
The courtroom is expected to be packed as the length of the Claremont serial killer’s almost certain jail time is revealed.
Bradley Robert Edwards, 51, was convicted of being the Claremont serial killer
Edwards murdered Jane Rimmer, 23, and Ciara Glennon, 27, in Perth in 1996
Justice Stephen Hall cleared him of the murder of a third woman Sarah Spiers, 18
Edwards underwent a lengthy trial after pleaded not guilty to the murders
He has admitted another attack in 1988 and to raping a 17-year-old girl in 1995
WA Police Commissioner: I sincerely hope Claremont Killer will ‘never be released’23/12/2020|4min
WA Police Commissioner Chris Dawson says he sincerely hopes Claremont Killer Bradley Edwards will “never be released” for the sake of victims, families and friends and the safety of the community.
It comes after Justice Stephen Hall on Wednesday gave Mr Edwards two life sentences for the murders of Jane Rimmer and Ciara Glennon.
“Justice Hall has jailed Bradley Edwards for a minimum of 40 years in prison, that means that Mr Edwards will not be eligible for parole until he is 88 years of age,” Mr Dawson said.
Claremont serial killings ‘struck fear’ into the hearts of all Perth residents23/12/2020|9min
Criminal barrister Linda Black says the Claremont serial killings really did “strike fear” into the hearts of everyone in Perth at the time they emerged.
Her comments come after Justice Stephen Hall gave Claremont Killer Bradley Edwards two life sentences for the murders of Ciara Glennon and Jane Rimmer.
Mr Edwards will spend a minimum of 40 years in prison.
“I certainly remember not catching taxis anymore because the rumor at the time was that it was a taxi driver that was doing this,” Ms Black told Sky News host Catherine McGregor.