Gardener Googled ‘extreme porn’ the night before he raped and murdered schoolgirl Kayleigh Haywood
TEEN victim's family weep as evil pair are sentenced
A GARDENER Googled extreme porn and child abuse films the night before he raped and murdered a schoolgirl, it has emerged on the same day he was jailed for life.
Stephen Beadman battered 15-year-old Kayleigh Haywood to death after his pal, Luke Harlow, groomed her online and lured her to his house in November.
Online predator Harlow was caged for 12 years at Nottingham Crown Court this afternoon.
It was also revealed he has been beaten up by fellow lags and left with a black eye.
Beadman was handed 15 years for rape and life for murder, with the judge saying a 35 year minimum.
Now it has been revealed sick Beadman was addicted to violent porn and child abuse images.
He searched online for "extreme pornography" just hours before holding Kayleigh prisoner in his neighbour's house for more than five hours.
After Beadman's arrest, police trawled through his computer equipment and discovered dozens of indecent images of children, including the most serious category, as well as hundreds of pictures featuring violent porn.
The twisted pair sat as far apart in the dock as possible and were flanked by four security guards.
Before delivering her sentence, Mrs Justice Cox told an emotionless Beadman: "You knew Kayleigh was 15 and had been groomed.
"You did not kill her straight away. You led her away and raped her.
"Her pain and terror are difficult to contemplate.
"Your crime did not stop at rape.
"Kayleigh had to be identified through dental records."
She said he will serve longer than the minimum 30 year sentence because he waited three days to tell cops what he had done.
The judge also labelled Harlow an "intelligent" and "calculated" online predator, as it was revealed he had also groomed two OTHER underage girls online and met them for sex.
She said: “This case illustrates dangers of social media for you people because of people like Harlow.
“You persistently and in a calculating way groomed young girls.
“Evidence shows you to be intelligent, not the socially isolated and immature man you have been portrayed as.
"Kayleigh was a young and sexually inexperienced schoolgirl.
"You knew her age and met her, knowing she had lied to her family.
"You and Beadman held Kayleigh captive.
"That night there was a moment when Kayleigh escaped and you, Beadman chased her.
"Kayleigh was extremely distressed."
She added: "The messages from you to her were emotional manipulation.
"That is a serious aggravating factor."
Earlier in court a statement from her mum Stephanie read: "Kayleigh was only a child.
"She was my baby.
"Not only was I robbed of my daughter, I was robbed of saying my last goodbye to her.";
She added: "How does a mum explain to someone how her child was taken by evil people?"
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Shocking new details of Kayleigh's murder were revealed today.
The court heard how Kayleigh could have suffered for up to an hour after he battered her with a brick.
It was also revealed that Harlow had groomed two other underage girls online and met them for sex.
Beadman, 29, and Harlow, 28, plyed the teen with alcohol and forced her into having sex.
Witnesses saw her fleeing half-naked from the house screaming for her mum before Beadman pinned her to the floor.
He forced her into woodland near an abandoned train track where be battered her with a brick and stashed her body in hedges.
Both men were found guilty earlier this week of falsely imprisoning Kayleigh in the hours before she was killed on farmland in the early hours of November 15 last year.
Sick Beadman had already admitted to rape and murder, while Harlow pleaded guilty to grooming and sexual contact with a child.
Beadman's barrister Anthony Metzer told the court he could offer little mitigation for his clients crimes.
He said: "It was not a pre-meditated killing, not from the outset anyway.
"Mr Beadman assisted police. Although there are still unanswered questions he helped police locate Kayleigh's body."
Earlier in the trial heard that Harlow - a horror film fan who used the online name FunTimes and billed himself as a "professional serial killer" on Twitter - had pleaded guilty to grooming Kayleigh and engaging in sexual activity with her.
The former warehouse and bar worker also admitted attempting to meet two other teenagers after grooming them online.
Today the prosecutor Miranda Moore told the court how the plan to groom and kidnap Kayleigh was "calculated".
She said Harlow groomed other girls online, tricked them into sending indecent images of themselves and convinced them they were his girlfriends.
Ms Moore said Harlow "played Jack the Lad" to impress Beadman and lured Kayleigh to his home before plying her with booze.
She said: "She was vulnerable and he was twice her age."
Prosecutors called on the toughest possible sentence.
She said: "This was not spontaneous.
"Beadman took her to a remote area knowing he was going to kill her.
"She did not die immediately.
"Possibly she was alive for an hour after brutal assault."
Ms Moore pointed out the killer denied murdering Kayleigh until a second Crown Court appearance.
It was revealed today, for the first time, that when cops seized Beadman's laptop it contained images of child abuse.
Beadman admitted murder and rape but denied holding Kayleigh prisoner before attacking her in the street after she fled Harlow's house in Ibstock, Leicestershire.
On the night of her death, Kayleigh was seen being pinned to the ground at 3.30am by Beadman near the defendants' homes in George Avenue, Ibstock, and was then marched barefoot to a forest park.
A witness didn't intervene as he mistook a reflective stripe on the attackers t-shirt for a police officer's uniform.
The brave schoolgirl fought to the end and Beadman appeared in police interviews with a cut face where she had hit him with a brick.
Beadman battered Kayleigh to death then Googled "lime pit" as he looked to dispose of her body.
Police found Kayleigh three days later dumped in hedges after a huge police search involving more than 300 officers.
Members of her community turned out after she was reported missing.
Officers also recovered her smashed up phone which had been thrown away by her killers.
Inquiries later established that Harlow had used Facebook, WhatsApp and text messages to groom Kayleigh, after vowing to "kidnap and keep" other girls during online conversations.
Kayleigh snuck out to meet Harlow on November 13, after convincing her parents she was going to stay with friends.
The schoolgirl disappeared after her mum dropped her off outside Ibstock college.
The teenager did not know Beadman, who grew up on the same estate as Harlow in Coalville, Leicestershire.
How sick pair of sexual predators lured Kayleigh Haywood to her death
October 31: Luke Harlow begins grooming Kayleigh Haywood on Facebook and WhatsApp
November 13, 6pm: Kayleigh's dad drops her outside Ibstock Community College. Kayleigh tells her parents she is staying with a friends
November 14: Kayleigh speaks to her parents on her iPhone in the morning
November 15: Between 3am and 3.30am, a witness sees her being pinned to the ground by a man. A loud frightened scream of "mummy" is heard by another witness as Kayleigh is attacked by Stephen Beadman and then killed in woodland. At 9.30am Kayleigh's smashed iPhone is found on a main road near the defendant's homes. A passer-by who finds the uses the Sim card to dial the last number called and gets through to a friend of Kayleigh
November 16: Detectives arrest Harlow and Beadman in connection with Kayleigh's disappearance
November 17: Police appeal for information. Kayleigh’s parents Stephanie Haywood and Martin Whitby, make an emotional appeal for her to come home
November 18: Leicestershire Police announce that officers are treating the disappearance of Kayleigh Haywood as murder after finding items of clothing. At around 10pm police find Kayleigh's body in undergrowth
November 19: Leicestershire Police charge Beadman, then aged 28, with the murder of Kayleigh Haywood. Harlow, 27, is accused of grooming and two counts of sexual activity with a child
November 24: An inquest finds Kayleigh's died from head and facial injuries
January 18: Kayleigh’s funeral takes place in Measham
April 4: Beadman appears via videolink at Leicester Crown Court where he admits the rape and murder. Harlow pleads guilty to one count of sexual grooming and two counts of sexual activity with a child
June 27 and 28: Beadman and Harlow are convicted of holding Kayleigh prisoner in the hours before she was murdered
July 1: Sick pair are caged. Beadman is handed 15 years for rape and life (35 minimum) for murder to run concurrently. Harlow is handed 12 years for grooming, abduction and sexual contact with a child.
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