Court Case Result - Criminal Sentence
- Country
- England & Wales
- Hearing Date
- 21 January 2011
- Court Location
- Central Criminal Court (Old Bailey)
- Judge
- Judge Paul Worsley QC
- Case Number
- T20107122
- Name
- Ruta Turauskaite
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 20
- Co-Defendant/s
- No
- Bail Position
- In Custody
Offence/s
- Length
- 21 Years Life
Sentencing Considerations
- Specific Sentence Report (SSR)
- Yes
Sentencing Details
- Public Protection Sentence
- Minimum to Serve - Years: 21
- Total Sentence
- 21 Years - Life
- Parole Eligibility Date (PED)
- 16/1/2032
- Sentenced Upon
- Conviction After Trial
- Distinguishing Features / Details
- She denied murdering her 22-year-old boyfriend after she stabbed him through the heart following an arguement. The evening before the murder she had been drinking heavily and had sex with the victims best friend. They had argued outside the best friends flat when she stabbed him with a knive she had brought with her from the kitchen of their home. A post-mortem gave the cause of death as a stab wound to the chest.
Judge Paul Worsley told her: "It is clear you intended to kill Tadas. You took revenge on him as you had earlier threatened to do."
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- Barrister
- Sam Stein KC
- Barrister
- David Fisher
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