Teens jailed for 20 years for brutal murder of Edinburgh mother and daughter

TEENAGE lovers who are believed to be Britain's youngest double-murderers have each been locked up for at least 20 years after killing an Edinburgh mother and her daughter.

By The Newsroom

Published 10th Nov 2016, 14:22 BST

Updated 16th Nov 2016, 17:02 BST

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The house in Spalding where the murders took place. Picture: PA

The boy and girl - both 14 at the time of the murders - planned the killings of 49-year-old Elizabeth Edwards, originally from Edinburgh, and 13-year-old Katie who were stabbed through the throat and smothered as they slept.

The teenagers, now 15, went on to share a bath, have sex, and watch four Twilight vampire films after the murders in Spalding, Lincolnshire, last April, Nottingham Crown Court heard.

Sentencing the pair, who cannot be named for legal reasons, to life with 20-year minimum terms, Mr Justice Haddon-Cave said: “This case is, in many respects, without parallel.”

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