A convicted sex offender has been sentenced to death for kidnapping and raping a nine-year-old girl before swaddling her in rubbish bags and burying her alive in his Florida garden.

A convicted sex offender was sentenced to death today for kidnapping and raping a nine-year-old girl before swaddling her in garbage bags and burying her alive in his Florida yard – crimes that led many states to enact new laws cracking down on convicted sex offenders.

SPURRED by the kidnapping and murder of a nine-year-old girl, Florida Governor Jeb Bush signed legislation yesterday that will see child molesters who do not get life in jail wear satellite tracking devices for the rest of their lives.