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A prison sentence handed out to an evil killer has been slammed as outrageous .
Lewis Crofts was sentenced to life in prison with a minimum term of 16 years and nine months after he murdered Kimberley Deakin on November 6 last year.
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Lewis Crofts admitted killing Kimberley Deakin at her Stoke-on-Trent home in November last year. Crofts, 30 and of Lytchett Drive, Broadstone, pleaded guilty at a pre-trial review hearing at Stafford Crown Court last month. He was remanded into custody and is now set to be sentenced at the same court this afternoon Judge Kristina Montgomery QC. As reported, officers from Staffordshire Police were called to Leigh Street, Burslem, just before 4.45pm on November 6, 2020. The force had received a report that a woman had been seriously injured. Ms Deakin, 29, died in hospital a short time later. Crofts fled the scene in Ms Deakin s car but he was arrested by police in Northamptonshire.
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Murderer Lewis Crofts is due to be sentenced this afternoon after stabbing a young mum to death.
The 30-year-old admitted killing Kimberley Deakin last month just days before his trial was due to be held at Stafford Crown Court.
Paranoid killer who stabbed girlfriend to death after suspecting affair jailed
Lewis Crofts, 30, stabbed 29-year-old Kimberley Deakin as she begged for help
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A paranoid killer stabbed his girlfriend to death after working himself up into an alcohol-fuelled fury .
And now he has been jailed for a minimum of 16 years and nine months.
Lewis Crofts, 30, stabbed 29-year-old Kimberley Deakin as she begged for help.