Shane Mays has been jailed for life with a minimum term of 25 years for the “brutal” murder of 16-year-old Louise Smith.
Mays was convicted at Winchester Crown Court on Tuesday over the killing in Havant, Hampshire, on 8 May.
The “predatory” 30-year-old is believed to have lured the teenager to a secluded woodland spot on VE Day, with the aim of sexually assaulting her.
The judge, Mrs Justice May, said: “Shane Mays was in a position of trust in relation to Louise; theirs was like a father-daughter relationship.
Mays is believed to have lured the teenager to a secluded woodland
“That being, he committed the most gross abuse of trust.”
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