Serial killer Joanna Dennehy laughs in dock during sentencing for murders

Joanna Dennehy laughed in the dock as she was sentenced

A psychopath serial killer who murdered three men ‘for fun’ and stabbed two more strangers laughed in the dock before being sentenced for her crimes.

Joanna Dennehy, who is facing a whole life term or a minimum term of 40 to 50 years, was smiling and looked relaxed as she arrived for her hearing today at London’s Old Bailey.

The 31-year-old earlier admitted the murders of Lukasz Slaboszewski, 31, Kevin Lee, 48, and John Chapman, 56, in and around Peterborough over a 10-day period.

She also randomly selected and repeatedly stabbed dog walkers John Rogers and Robin Bereza while on the run from police in March and April last year.

Victims: Lukasz Slaboszewski, John Chapman and Kevin Lee

Nigel Lickley QC, representing Dennehy, who the court heard has the birth name Joanne, acknowledged that her crimes were ‘exceptionally serious’.

He added that Dennehy had not intended to ‘embarrass or humiliate’ her victims.
‘The three men who were killed were not strangers to her,’ he said.

‘They were killed by a limited number of stab wounds.
‘In essence the crimes are aggravated by the number of offences and the attempted murders.’

The 31-year-old murdered three men before randomly selecting and repeatedly stabbing two others

During the trial, prosecutors said Dennehy ‘cast a spell’ over her alleged accomplices and some of her victims as she killed ‘for fun’.

Dennehy was likened to ‘Uma Thurman from Kill Bill and the woman from the Terminator’ by married father-of-two Mr Lee shortly before his death.

Accomplices Gary Stretch and Leslie Layton were previously convicted of helping Dennehy dispose of her victims’ bodies

A third man, Robert Moore, is awaiting sentence after admitting assisting an offender.
Dennehy will be sentenced today.