A woman who had an “obsession” with serial killers and had murder on her “bucket list” has been jailed for killing a teenager.<\/p>\n
Jemma Lilley, previously of Stamford, Lincolnshire, garrotted, stabbed and buried Aaron Pajich at her home in Perth, Australia.<\/p>\n
The 26-year-old was convicted alongside housemate Trudi Lenon at the Supreme Court of Western Australia in November.<\/p>\n
The pair have been sentenced to life with a minimum jail term of 28 years.<\/p>\n
During a four-week trial, prosecutor James McTaggart told the court Lilley was so “full of herself and euphoric” after the killing she could not help boasting to a work colleague.<\/p>\n
Jurors were told Lilley, who had a troubled childhood, had emigrated to Australia in 2010.<\/p>\n
She developed what prosecutors described as a long-term fascination with horror films, murder and serial killers.<\/p>\n
Lilley idolised horror film character Freddy Krueger, and had previously told a friend she wanted to kill before she turned 25.<\/p>\n
The supermarket shelf-stacker had also penned a book about a serial killer named SOS – a nickname she used during online exchanges with accomplice Lenon.<\/p>\n
The pair met through a friend and became close, eventually moving in together about two months before the killing.<\/p>\n
Both women exchanged homicidal fantasies which gradually intensified until they lured Mr Pajich to his death.<\/p>\n
In the weeks before, they bought various supplies, including a circular saw and 100 litres of hydrochloric acid.<\/p>\n
Lilley’s stepmother Nina said she had “always had an obsession with serial killers” but this had been “a way of venting her frustration of what happened when she was a child”.<\/p>\n
Speaking to The Times after the conviction, Ms Lilley, 48, said: “The book was a big problem with me. At the beginning I was ‘fair enough you want to write a horror story’, but I didn’t like the contents of it.”<\/p>\n
Mr Pajich was lured to his death on 13 June 2016 and buried in a shallow grave covered with concrete and tiles, with both defendants blaming each other for the killing.<\/p>\n
Lenon, 43, told the court Lilley approached the teenager from behind as he installed games on her computer, garroted him until the wire broke then stabbed him three times.<\/p>\n
Aaron’s mother Sharon Pajich said Lilley and Lenon were “disgusting animals” who should never be released.<\/p>\n
The pair were sentenced on Wednesday.<\/p>\n
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