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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Robyn Vinter North of England correspondent

SHOCKING: Highly dangerous killer jailed for lancashire murder of katie kenyon | Mind Blowing Facts

Katie Kenyon.
Katie Kenyon, 51, was struck at least 12 times in the Forest of Bowland on 22 April. Photograph: Family Handout/PA

A “highly dangerous” man who claimed he had accidentally killed his ex-girlfriend when throwing an axe has been jailed for life with a minimum term of 32 years for her murder at Preston crown court.

Andrew Burfield admitted killing 33-year-old Katie Kenyon in the Forest of Bowland, Lancashire, on 22 April, burying her body in a grave he had dug the day before.

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