murder december french woman went missing murdered visit united_kingdom december accepting lift driver services following appeal information whereabouts police body discovered december days disappearance lay post examination determined death case received extensive news coverage christmas new year period amid fears linked series killings english police called work murder investigation included national dna screening programme hunt murder suspect covering people year old driver arrested february colleague recognised image morgan later charged murder convicted october detectives concluded carried body vehicle days christmas period dumping morgan given life sentence recommendation serve years appeal february rejected high_court turned application review length sentence eligible parole february continued maintain innocence buried french village sur saint service attended family friends politicians january remembered memorial garden established church close body discovered background disappearance born brothers sister time death studying grand developed fondness following visit traveled repeatedly spent summer working hotel hampshire cousin head opportunity improve english returned december spend weeks leaving december travelled family friend employed local firm french coast arranged parents crossed channel following day arrived kent intended travel train escort found french driver willing near helped find final leg tried phone cousin ask pick seen alive entering white mercedes police appealed information disappearance issued driver identified december investigators working theory abducted following day investigators working assumption murdered father travelled help detectives search appeal public information whereabouts discovery body autopsy morning friday december naked body young woman found dumped lay near stopped change police sought establish identity sure year old clerical assistant vanished early christmas day attending nightclub gloucestershire smith body discovered february south gloucestershire body positively identified following day post determined heavy implement establish fatal autopsy revealed obvious signs sexual assault determined sexual intercourse taken place shortly death detectives believed occurred police said body hours working theory held captive killed detective chief superintendent said time discovery dead days announce time death investigation investigation led detective chief superintendent west involved detectives police forces officers examined similar murders amid concerns work individual particular interest recent murders found near ruled link press conference january stress stage firm evidence whatsoever link murder investigations appealed information concerning bottle champagne gift coming england particular type champagne exported world outside france sold country vintage bottles produced january investigators announced perform dna testing drivers vehicles similar mercedes time method nationally identify murder suspect detectives traced vehicles tested drivers february west police confirmed man arrested helping inquiries following day authorities announced suspect english arrested joint operation subsequently identified year old self employed driver february following appearance english driver heating engineer son john siblings raised kent father employed council mother refugee worked school cleaner morgan left school served sentence following conviction attending train heating engineer established business area moved following failure business worked heating engineer driver morgan met wife kent early 1980s married left pregnant twins met woman second wife moving pregnant giving birth son marry living years morgan reputation customers working engineer continued activity driver following morgan conviction brother said affairs years lost count violent temper friend described short fuse driving leeds picked december detectives concluded killing morgan left body cab days continued drive driving sleeping time apparently morgan left body vehicle parking opposite house spend christmas family police believe dumped body december arrested recognised morgan initially denied meeting picked identity parade claimed engaged sex trial trial began october justice jury morgan trial counsel case prosecuted morgan denied charge prosecution account morgan raped killed afternoon evening december kept body cab days told court battered head heavy object injuries face consistent kicking evidence suggest hands taped sexual intercourse taken place prosecution opinion intimidated having sex evidence presented prosecution suggest morgan continued use vehicle lay dead cab parked outside house christmas period said morgan bought axe intention body changed mind instead making overnight delivery run dispose remains removing fuse conceal journey drove subsequently found travel records december forgot replace fuse following trip dna tests spots blood found cab matched blood soaked found morgan garage items belonging including photographs toilet bag recovered house clothing found close warehouse visited night body dumped morgan gave bottles brought england christmas presents garage worked shell station opposite house morgan admitted giving lift afternoon december claimed pair sex flirting developing halting lay cup tea asked described christmas kiss said drove southampton exchanged contact details left smiling happy come forward police appealed details driver given lift want wife learn infidelity claimed photographs belongings possession left truck stained blood man leg vehicle loan driver october jury took half hours convict morgan murder sentenced life imprisonment recommendation home secretary decide parole eligibility passing sentence justice said caused minds right thinking people dangerous man report home secretary subsequently set minimum term years later endorsed lord chief justice england wales lord november home secretary informed morgan length sentence serve appeals morgan appealed conviction grounds unfair level publicity case received application rejected wales february sitting judges ruled insufficient grounds justify appeal january morgan appealed schedule criminal justice act wales requesting review minimum term recommendation rejected july year presiding judge justice recommending sentence remains sentence imprisonment life defendant considered release served years time served sentence released detained satisfied longer presents risk public decides time future release licence extend rest life january morgan appealed decided prisoner status category prisoner challenging refusing allow oral hearing hearing high_court january told terms sentence morgan eligible parole february continued maintain innocence time prison claiming catch situation qualify release admitting guilt rejecting morgan case justice suggested morgan addressed behaviour effect position december murdered victim aftermath memorials body flown home france january funeral held january buried sur saint mail sunday reported ceremony attended including family friends french politicians memorial garden dedicated planted andrew church village close body found opened ceremony june local residents raised help construction garden remembers victims violent crime including english students murdered france december fifth anniversary date body recovered local newspaper worcester news reported annual service remembrance held church autumn attended parents flowers regularly placed lay found location named garden memory
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