Man gets five life sentences for killing family

A man was (today) sentenced to five life sentences after he admitted killing his wife and four stepchildren. A judge heard that former roofer and removal man Lee Ford garrotted Lesley Ford, 36, and her children Sarah Tranter, 17, Anne-Marie Tranter, 16, Steven Tranter, 14, and Craig Tranter, 13, at their isolated home at Carnkie, near Helston, Cornwall last August. The court heard he killed them separately with a 2ft long rope before hiding their bodies in a wood shed by the bungalow. He later moved the two girls' bodies and buried them in a field four miles away. Police were alerted only after the family had been missing for more than a month. Nigel Pascoe QC, prosecuting, said the attack was calculated and without motive. He said: "This was not a crime of passion but of savagery." Mr Pascoe said the crime was "by any standards an enormous, pitiful tragedy and a tale of true horror".

Classification: Mass murderer
Characteristics: Ford has given no reason for the killings
Number of victims: 5
Date of murders: September 2000
Date of arrest: October 5, 2000
Date of birth: 1968
Victims profile: Lesley Ford, 36 (his wife) and her four children Craig Tranter, 13, Steven Tranter, 14, Anne-Marie Tranter, 16, and Sarah-Jane Tranter, 17
Method of murder: Strangulation with a rope
Location: Carnkie, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom
Status: Sentenced to life in prison on May 23, 2001

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