It was March of last year in Sutton in South London when Steve Sansom along with his partner Gemma Watts lured 38 Sarah Mayhew back to Sansom’s ground floor flat with depraved and sadistic intention to murder her prior to the pair dismembering her body and distributing the remains around parts of south London.
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00:00This, of course, is a particularly gruesome and disturbing case. It was March of last
00:06year in Sutton, in South London, when Steve Sansom, along with his partner Gemma Watts,
00:13lured 38-year-old Sarah Mayhew back to Sansom's ground-floor flat with the depraved and sadistic
00:21intention to murder her prior to the pair dismembering her body and distributing the
00:26remains around parts of South London. The judge, Mrs Justice Cutts, said both the defendants
00:35were equally involved in the plan to lure Miss Mayhew back to Sansom's flat, adding,
00:40you had lured Sarah to the flat for depraved and violent sexual activity during which she
00:47was to be killed. Her fear and suffering must have been acute as she realised why she was there
00:56and what was happening. The judge added she was an innocent woman lured to the flat to die
01:04in order that you both could act out your bloodthirsty and wicked fantasy. Stand up, both of you.
01:16Stephen Sansom, for the murder of Sarah Mayhew, I sentence you to life imprisonment.
01:20I set no minimum term in your case. That means that you will spend the rest of your life in
01:25prison. For perverting the course of public justice, the sentence is five years imprisonment
01:30concurrent. Gemma Watts, for the murder of Sarah Mayhew, the sentence is one of life imprisonment.
01:38You will serve a minimum term of 29 years and 90 days.