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Australian serial killer, also known as the Claremont killer, Bradley Edwards will likely die in jail after being sentenced to two life terms with a minimum non-parole period of 40 years for the murders of Jane Rimmer and Ciara Glennon in the mid-1990s. The courtroom inside the Supreme Court of Western Australia erupted in applause on Wednesday as Justice Stephen Hall handed down the longest non-parole period in the state’s history to a man who had struck fear into the hearts of all Western Australians for more than two decades.
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Bradley Robert Edwards has been sentenced to two life terms for the murders of Jane Rimmer and Ciara Glennon.
The man convicted of killing Irish lawyer Ciara Glennon in a case that has gripped Australia has been told he will likely die in prison.
Depraved Bradley Edwards was sentenced at the Australian Supreme Court today to life imprisonment with a non-parole period of 40 years.
The sentence was greeted with applause in the public gallery including family members of his victims, as Edwards, who showed no emotion as he was sent down, was led away.
Edwards was convicted in September of abducting and killing Jane Rimmer, 23, and Ms Glennon, 27, in 1996 and 1997. But was found not guilty of the 1996 murder of 18-year-old secretary Sarah Spiers.
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Ciara Glennon s killer told he will likely die in prison as sentence handed down in Perth court
Bradley Edwards was sentenced at the Australian Supreme Court today. By Michael Ramsey/AAP Wednesday 23 Dec 2020, 9:52 AM Dec 23rd 2020, 9:52 AM 43,673 Views 12 Comments
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CLAREMONT KILLER BRADLEY Robert Edwards will likely die behind bars after a West Australian (WA) judge sentenced him to life imprisonment with a non-parole period of 40 years.
Edwards, who terrorised Perth’s suburbs for almost a decade, showed no emotion in the Supreme Court of WA today after receiving his sentence, which was greeted with applause in the public gallery including family members of his victims.