HE was old enough to be her father, strong enough to be her protector and evil enough to masquerade as both before casually killing her and calmly dumping her body, confident that no one would find her or care enough to keep looking.

The man who killed 14-year-old Melissa Mahon has been jailed for life by Mr Justice Barry White at the Central Criminal Court.

Mr Justice Barry White today described the victim impact statement of Melissa Mahon’s family as “disingenuous in the extreme”.