Killer, 29, who looked like ‘crazed animal’ as she knifed sugar daddy, 65, to death is jailed for life
A KILLER who looked like a "crazed animal" as she knifed her sugar daddy to death has been jailed for life.
Lauren Harris, 29, murdered 65-year-old Mark Wilcox after he moved her into the basement of his marital home to "look after her".
The killer first attacked grandad Mark with a vodka bottle as she lunged at him during the brutal attack.
She then stabbed him to death before leaving him to die in a pool of blood in his armchair.
Harris has now been jailed for life with a minimum of 25 years after being convicted of murder.
Co-killer David Webster, 43, who was also jailed for life, told Harris "F***ing psychopathic bitch. I hope you f***ing burn in hell, Lauren" as they were led from the dock.
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Mold Crown Court was told Harris embarked on a relationship with Mark because he wanted to "look after her in his retirement".
But Harris soon "took advantage" of the dad-of-two, who repeatedly let his younger lover borrow money.
By the time of his death, more than £12,000 had been withdrawn from his bank account in five months.
Mark also invited her to stay at his home in Colwyn Bay, North Wales, despite his estranged wife Marcia Wilcox still living upstairs.
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Marcia moved out in October 2023, claiming there was a "cycle of shouting and abuse" when Harris moved in.
Just 30 days later, Harris invited her pals David Webster and Thomas Whiteley over for a night of "drinking and drug-taking".
Webster told how Harris looked like a "crazed animal" as she later attacked Mark.
He said: "The look in her eyes - her pupils were massive, it was just the speed at which she did it."
The killer claimed he tried to grab the vodka bottle but Harris was still "irate, kicking off and shouting".
He told the court she then stabbed Mark with "no warning whatsoever" as he and Whiteley struggled to get her to stop.
Webster added: "I tried telling her to calm down, but she wouldn't calm down. She said: 'I'll stab you, as well'."
The court heard the trio stole Mark's Volvo but crashed less than a minute after leaving the horror scene.
A post mortem showed Mark was stabbed twice in the chest and suffered "significant blows to the head".
He also had injuries consistent with having been struck with a solid object - "such as a blood-stained vodka bottle".
In video footage played to the court from her police interview, Harris could be seen denying she was involved in the fatal stabbing.
She said: "I'm in here because of what them two have done. It wasn't me."
Harris also claimed "no one's done anything wrong" when she was arrested on suspicion of murder.
She added: "Why am I getting nicked for it? It doesn't make sense to me. I've done f**k all, anyway."
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The court was told Mark previously worked for the Ministry of Defence and the BBC before retiring aged 65.
A third defendant, Thomas Whiteley, 33, was found not guilty of murder.
