Teenager guilty of 'vampire ritual' slaying

A teenager was today found guilty of murdering his elderly neighbour and drinking her blood in a vampire ritual.

Fri, 02 Aug, 2002 - 14:48

A teenager was today found guilty of murdering his elderly neighbour and drinking her blood in a vampire ritual.

Art student Mathew Hardman, 17, was jailed for a minimum of 12 years after being found guilty of butchering Mabel Leyshon at her home in Llanfairpwll, Anglesey, last November.

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