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Cannibal chef given life sentence
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Posted on 10/20/2008 6:02:43 AM PDT by austrian

A chef who stabbed his lover to death before cutting flesh off his thigh and cooking and eating it has been jailed.

Anthony Morley, 36, the first winner of Mr Gay UK, was told he would serve a minimum of 30 years in prison for the murder of 33-year-old Damian Oldfield.

Morley was convicted of murdering Mr Oldfield at his home in Bexley Avenue, Leeds, by a jury at the city's Crown Court on Friday.

The judge said the murder was "one of the most gruesome" he had encountered.

Morley slashed Mr Oldfield's throat before stabbing him several times.

Sentencing, Judge James Stewart QC said: "Not only did you murder your victim by cutting his throat and stabbing him but you cut him up, cooked him and ate part of him.

"Before this case I had associated cannibalism with eras long gone, with the tale of Robinson Crusoe. No longer.

"You have plumbed depths rarely encountered in our court." As Judge Stewart set out how long Morley would spend behind bars, there was applause from the public gallery and a shout of "murderer".

Morley, who won the first Mr Gay UK title in 1993 had previously had some kind of relationship with openly gay Mr Oldfield, the court was told, and the pair had arranged to meet on the day of the murder.

They later went back to Morley's house, where the defendant prepared a meal for them both before the pair went upstairs to his bedroom.

Morley later walked into a nearby takeaway wearing a bloodstained dressing gown and flip-flops and told staff and police he had killed someone because they tried to rape him.

During the trial, Morley said he could not remember killing Mr Oldfield, who sold advertising space for gay lifestyle magazine Bent....

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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: homoalert; mrgayuk; yeson8

1 posted on 10/20/2008 6:02:43 AM PDT by austrian
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To: austrian

Gays, the other white meat...


2 posted on 10/20/2008 6:06:08 AM PDT by ladyvet (WOLVERINES!!!!!)
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To: austrian
"Come on over baby! I'd LOVE to have YOU fer dinner!"
3 posted on 10/20/2008 6:10:23 AM PDT by J40000
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To: austrian

He had that lean and hungry look staring into his eyes....er, thighs......


4 posted on 10/20/2008 6:11:23 AM PDT by Red Badger (My wallet is made out of depleted you-owe-mium........)
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To: austrian

No word yet on his last meal requests..


5 posted on 10/20/2008 6:15:19 AM PDT by vietvet67
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To: austrian
We shouldn't be so judgmental. It is after all a lifestyle choice.

< /sarc>

6 posted on 10/20/2008 6:20:21 AM PDT by lafroste (gravity is not a force. See my profile to read my novel absolutely free (I know, beyond shameless))
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To: lafroste

You are right, he has one award, “the first winner of Mr Gay UK”, this should qualify for some culinary award.


7 posted on 10/20/2008 6:41:51 AM PDT by Peter Horry (Mount Up Everybody and Ride to the Sound of the Guns .. Pat Buchanan)
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To: austrian

Why isn’t this considered a hate crime? If his victim had not been a gay man, he would never have been able to lure him into his home for such an attack.


8 posted on 10/20/2008 6:50:27 AM PDT by weegee (In honor of Joe the Plumber, at noon, we should all lower our trousers to half mast.)
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To: austrian
Morley later walked into a nearby takeaway wearing a bloodstained dressing gown and flip-flops and told staff and police he had killed someone because they tried to rape him.

After committing a murder, the first thing he did was play the victim card. Didn't work so well for that serial killer in Florida who claimed that each of her murders was "self-defense".

9 posted on 10/20/2008 6:52:16 AM PDT by weegee (In honor of Joe the Plumber, at noon, we should all lower our trousers to half mast.)
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To: ladyvet

Is it done? Looks a little pink.


10 posted on 10/20/2008 6:53:21 AM PDT by weegee (In honor of Joe the Plumber, at noon, we should all lower our trousers to half mast.)
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To: austrian

And, once again, we see that the truth is stranger than any fiction....


11 posted on 10/20/2008 6:55:15 AM PDT by whipitgood (Real Americans don't allow socialists to take over their country.)
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To: whipitgood

At first I thought the byline said

“Cannibal Chief given Life Sentence”

I thought, well, don’t bring your savage customs with you and think that you can still practice them here.

;^)


12 posted on 10/20/2008 7:07:58 AM PDT by elcid1970 ("O Muslim! My cartridges are dipped in pig grease!")
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To: weegee

LOL!!


13 posted on 10/20/2008 7:27:31 AM PDT by ladyvet (WOLVERINES!!!!!)
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To: weegee

After committing a murder, the first thing he did was play the victim card. Didn’t work so well for that serial killer in Florida who claimed that each of her murders was “self-defense”.


at least i´m shure the Jury was a “little” confused of this statement.because i guess in most cases of self defence people usually don´t eat the victims ;-)


14 posted on 10/20/2008 7:28:56 AM PDT by austrian
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