Update - Cupit, "Kitchen Devil" killer
Jason...@virgin.net
Life for three-in-bed Jenny
Sex-mad killer Jenny Cupit was jailed for life yesterday after
sensationally confessing she DID murder her lover's wife.
At the last minute, the drama club blonde ditched the defence that she
was mentally unstable and changed her not-guilty plea.
Cupit, 24 - who had three-in-a-bed romps during an affair with victim
Kathy Linaker's husband Chris - broke down as she was sentenced by Judge
Michael Sachs at Chester Crown Court.
He branded her a "serial liar" and warned her she would be in jail "a
very long time". He brushed aside defence pleas to show mercy because
married mum-of-two Cupit had a troubled history of depression, bulimia
and a suicide bid,
The judge told her: "I accept you have had problems in life but it is
extremely difficult to believe all that you have said. You are a serial
liar. Your problems are no worse than those of hundreds of fellow human
beings who have not behaved as you did. At the 11th hour you have
accepted your total responsibility for this dreadful killing. No one
could fail to feel utter revulsion and disgust at your lifestyle and
that of others in your social circle. You must now face reality and not
fanciful inventions. You took the life of a blameless and talented
woman of 33. The killing was totally premeditated and perpetrated in
front of her four month old daughter. You have left Kathy Linaker's
two children without their mother as well as your own children without
their mother for a very long time. Like Kathy those four children are
totally innocent and because of what you did their lives are
irreversibly damaged. Goodness knows how they will react when they
learn fully of what happened on that day. What you did was an absolute
outrage. You killed a good woman out of lust for her husband and
jealousy for her"
Cupit bludgeoned and stabbed to death deputy headmistress Kathy in front
of the victims baby daughter Holly.
She flipped after she realised lover Chris would not leave Kathy for
her, despite a 16 month affair in which they regularly had kinky sex.
Her change of plea came on the sixth day of her trial after a
psychiatrist called by her legal team ruled she was responsible.
But her QC, Adrian Fulford, pressed ahead with a long speech of
mitigation.
Chris, 35, sat grim-faced as the lawyer accused him of bearing a "heavy
responsibility" for the tragedy.
Kathy's parents Ken and Sheila held hands as Cupit was sent down.
And the dead woman's twin sister Fiona Gent clutched her husband
Michael.
Cupit's father Paul Lythgoe looked on with his girlfriend Jacqueline
Dyas, the killer's mother Joan and son Mark.
The group was later smuggled out of court through a side door.
Former hairdresser Cupit and her husband Nick, 27, met the Linakers when
they were all members of the Centenary Operatic and Dramatic Society
based in Warrington, Cheshire.
The trial heard that the killer and computer consultant Chris began an
affair in January 1997. They sometimes videoed their love-making and
had three-in-a-bed sex in the Linaker's home while pregnant Kathy was
working at St James's primary school in Haydock, Merseyside.
On that occasion they were joined by Chris's brother-in-law Neil Alcock.
On another the pair were joined by the killer's husband for a romp in
the Cupit's council house, while children Laura, 5, and Ben, 2, slept
upstairs.
Mr Fulford said Cupit wanted to "express her great remorse at what
happened".
But the QC took a swipe at Cupit's husband, who distributes computers.
He said: "It appears Mr Cupit was unable to provide her with the support
she needed. He was preoccupied with things other than the care of his
wife"
Kathy's children are now being brought up jointly by her parents, Chris
and her parents. Holly is now 14 months old and son Matthew is four.
Before Kathy's death they stayed two days during the working week with
her parents, a day with Chris's parents Roy and May and two days in a
nursery. Chris who is living with his mum and dad in Warrigton, is
trying to maintain the routine.
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My two cents..........
This was the result I was expecting. Right from the start it sounded
like pre-meditated murder. It seems strange that Cupit's defence called
an expert witness who did nothing to aid their case though.
It sounds as if she was trying to be as manipulative as possible right
to the end, suddenly pleading guilty to murder, probably in an attempt
to get a easier sentence.
This woman is a complete flake. The kind of woman you go through your
life begging not to meet. Obsessive to the point of murder, much like
the character in Fatal Attraction played so convincingly by Glenn Close.
The guys are much to blame though, as the judge said. Their behaviour
only went to fuel the paranoia present in Cupit.
ciao
Jason
DedNdogYrs
mother of 5 children to get her husband and tried to make it look like an auto
accident. She got the death penalty but was saved in the 1972 Supreme Court
decision that saved Charles Manson and Sirhan Sirhan. California has decided in
recent years that these people are pretty much never getting out. It surprises
me that Canada and European countries that don't have the death penalty also
seem not to have real life sentences.
Dogs & children first.
Jason...@virgin.net
DedNdogYrs wrote:
Unless you're Ian Brady, Moira Hindley, Peter Sutcliffe, Reggie Kray or any of our
other "high profile" killers. You have to have been plastered across the "News of
the World" for weeks to get to the life means life point.
ciao
Jason
Nick Buckle
Hi Jason
Your comment sounds as though you're disenchanted with the system - is
that right ?
Wouldn't you agree that the cases resulting in the most publicity are
those which shock the public most and therefore _should_ result in
life meaning life ?
In your list above, Ian Brady is an insane child-killer; Myra
Hindley's activities were abhorrent for obvious reasons -
additionally, I think that the public take her attempts at
rehabilitation with a very large pinch of salt; Peter Sutcliffe is a
murderer of at least 13 women, who claimed insanity at his trial - all
3 are not people I would like to have living next door.
Reg Kray is a different kettle of fish - he should have been released
years ago. Having said that, I don't think you can say that his
continued imprisonment is a result of pressure from the tabloid press
- seems to me that for many years he has been regarded by a hero by
them and others.
Nick
Jason...@virgin.net
Nick Buckle wrote:
On Thu, 04 Feb 1999 20:54:36 +0000, Jason...@virgin.net wrote:>> Lucky her she isn't in the U.S. There was a woman in my state who killed a
>> mother of 5 children to get her husband and tried to make it look like an auto
>> accident. She got the death penalty but was saved in the 1972 Supreme Court
>> decision that saved Charles Manson and Sirhan Sirhan. California has decided in
>> recent years that these people are pretty much never getting out. It surprises
>> me that Canada and European countries that don't have the death penalty also
>> seem not to have real life sentences.
>> Dogs & children first.
>
>Unless you're Ian Brady, Moira Hindley, Peter Sutcliffe, Reggie Kray or any of our
>other "high profile" killers. You have to have been plastered across the "News of
>the World" for weeks to get to the life means life point.Hi Jason
Your comment sounds as though you're disenchanted with the system - is
that right ?Wouldn't you agree that the cases resulting in the most publicity are
those which shock the public most and therefore _should_ result in
life meaning life ?
Not neccessarily. Many of the ones that reach the papers are crimes in which there is a lot of information available.There are other situations where life should mean life, eg the killers of Jason Swift. These pedophiles are back on the street now and as far as I'm concerned they did far more shocking things than Reggie Kray.
I believe Reggie Kray is still in prison because it took the police
so long to get something on him.
It just seems so strange how they decide who gets out and who stays
in.
In your list above, Ian Brady is an insane child-killer; Myra
Hindley's activities were abhorrent for obvious reasons -
additionally, I think that the public take her attempts at
rehabilitation with a very large pinch of salt; Peter Sutcliffe is a
murderer of at least 13 women, who claimed insanity at his trial - all
3 are not people I would like to have living next door.
True! The point I was making in the last post was as a reply to the poster before who said
It surprises >> me that Canada and European countries that don't have the death penalty also >> seem not to have real life sentences.
It was just to point out that we do have real life sentences in the UK
Reg Kray is a different kettle of fish - he should have been released
years ago. Having said that, I don't think you can say that his
continued imprisonment is a result of pressure from the tabloid press
- seems to me that for many years he has been regarded by a hero by
them and others.
See comment above.There would be pressure from the police to keep him in. They still think he has some hold over people in the East-end of London.
All the bestNick
ciao
Jason