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Name: |
Mark
Martin |
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AKA: |
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D.O.B. |
1979 |
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Kill
Total: |
3 |
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Kill
date: |
2004
- 2005 |
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Kill
Place: |
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Status: |
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Occupation: |
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Victim: |
Zoe
Pennick 26,
Ellen Frith 25,
Katie Baxter 18 |
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D.O.B. |
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Court: |
Nottingham Crown Court |
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Judge: |
Mr.
Justice Butterfield |
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Prosecution: |
Peter Kelson QC |
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Defence: |
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FACTFILE
Mark Martin was
one of three men found guilty of murdering homeless women in
Nottingham between December 2004 and January 2005. Mark
Martin aged 26, was jailed for life at Nottingham Crown
Court for strangling Zoe Pennick, 26, Ellen Frith, 25 and
Katie Baxter, 18.
Martin, who took the lead in the killings with two other
men, had said he had wanted to become the city's first
serial killer.
Dean Carr was found guilty of murdering Ms Frith, as was
John Ashley who was also convicted of killing Ms Baxter.
Ashley aged 34, who was known as "Cockney John", was ordered
to serve a minimum of 25 years in prison for his part in the
murders. He was cleared of murdering Zoe Pennick.
The bodies of Miss Pennick and Miss Baxter, who went missing
within days of each other between Christmas and New Year of
2004, they were found six days apart in the same warehouse
in Nottingham, Martin had partially buried them under
building rubble.
Miss Frith's badly burned body was discovered by a fire crew
in a flat in Marple Square, in the St Ann's area of
Nottingham, on 24th January 2005. Martin had strangled her
following an argument about drug money. He then set fire to
the building. Martin did not give evidence in court and made
no reaction as the jury returned guilty verdicts.
Passing sentence, Mr. Justice Butterfield told the
26-year-old: "The facts of these crimes are so horrific and
the level of offending is so serious, you must be kept in
prison for the rest of your life. These matters were
committed by you because you positively enjoyed killing,
taking the wholly innocent lives of these three young women
for your own perverted gratification. You have not shown a
moment of remorse. You have revelled in what you did,
glorifying the macabre details of these senseless, brutal
and callous killings."
Martin is on
the Home office list of prisoners serving a 'Whole Life
Tariff' and will never be released. See full list
here >>
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