{"id":25690,"date":"2023-07-18T06:17:38","date_gmt":"2023-07-18T10:17:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/?p=25690"},"modified":"2023-07-18T06:20:24","modified_gmt":"2023-07-18T10:20:24","slug":"dartford-man-convicted-of-the-murder-of-his-girlfriend-in-peru","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/2023\/07\/18\/dartford-man-convicted-of-the-murder-of-his-girlfriend-in-peru\/","title":{"rendered":"Dartford man convicted of the murder of his girlfriend in Peru"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A man who strangled and buried his partner while on holiday in Peru has been found guilty of her murder.<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Jorge Garay, 46, of Hythe Street, Dartford, killed 37-year-old Karla Godoy between 21 September and 2 October.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Garay has been found guilty of her murder at the end of a trial at Maidstone Crown Court.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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He is due to be sentenced on 28 July at the same court.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Garay had killed Ms Godoy before wrapping her body in a tarpaulin and burying her in a makeshift grave on land owned by his family in the Peruvian capital Lima, Kent Police said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Karla Godoy’s body had to be identified using her fingerprints, Kent Police said (Image: Kent Police)<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
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The couple had travelled to Peru via Spain, having left the UK on 15 September 2022, a police spokesman said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Ms Godroy’s family, who live in Honduras and Spain, last heard from her on 23 September 2022, when she confirmed her plans to travel to Spain the following day, however the mother-of-one did not arrive, he said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Garay returned to the UK on 4 October 2022 alone and told his landlord Ms Godroy had stayed in Spain. He also claimed his money and ID had been stolen while he was away.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Karla Godroy’s body was found buried under a tarpaulin on land owned by her killer’s family (Image: Kent Police)<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
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The Kent Police spokesman said: “On 12 October Garay was reported to have made a confession via a telephone conversation in which he confessed to murdering Karla and claimed they had argued and he had acted in self-defence.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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“On the same day Karla’s body was located by Peruvian authorities in the garden as described. She had been strangled and had to be identified through fingerprints.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Garay was arrested two days later.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Libby Clark from the Crown Prosecution Service said: “Garay claimed that he killed Karla in self-defence during an argument, after she came at him with a knife, but the evidence from those who witnessed his behaviour towards her suggested he was a bullying, controlling and jealous man.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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“The jury saw through those lies.”<\/p>\n

Source: bbc.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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