 Following his conviction, detectives branded Ash-Smith as 'pure evil' and said he should never be freed.Jaswant Narwal, CPS South East Chief Crown Prosecutor, called the case "one of the most complex cases" CPS South East has dealt with in recent years.In the years following her death, Tiltman's parents Clifford and Lin made regular appeals to the media and public for information leading a conviction in the years following her murder.