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Vet's killer jailed for minimum 37 years

A serial sex offender with "perverted desires" has been jailed for life for the rape and murder of Irish vet Catherine Gowing.

Clive Sharp, 46, harboured fantasies of imprisoning and killing women, Mold Crown Court heard yesterday.

Sharp left one woman tied to a bed after she refused his demands, then hours later killed his victim.

He crept into the house of Ms Gowing at night before tying her to the bed and repeatedly raping her. After killing his victim, he mutilated her and dismembered the body.

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