In March 2013, then-30-year-old Joanna Dennehy
went on a crime spree that rocked the people
of England and left several men either dead
or injured, making her one of the most infamous
female serial killers in British history.
When she was finally apprehended for the Peterborough
ditch murders, law enforcement learned that
Dennehy was driven by a "sadistic lust," which
was noted by the judge who later sentenced
her for her crimes.
In fact, Dennehy was determined to be so "cruel,
calculating, and selfish," killing seemingly
without motive, she was given a sentence that
British courts reserve for only the most vicious
and dangerous offenders, making it unlikely
that she'll ever be able to brutally attack
another unsuspecting man.
In order to get her victims into vulnerable
situations that would make it easier for her
to kill them, Joanna Dennehy used sex to lure
men to their deaths.
In the case of Lukasz Slaboszewski, her Polish
roommate, he believed Dennehy was his girlfriend,
and she used the closeness of this relationship
to convince him to meet her at an empty house
that belonged to her landlord.
Shortly after he entered the home, Dennehy
blindfolded Slaboszewski and stabbed him to
death.
In addition to the professional relationship
she had with her landlord, Kevin Lee, Dennehy
was also regularly having sex with the married
father.
So, she was able to get him to meet her at
the same property where she had killed Slaboszewski.
After murderlng Lee, she returned home and
stabbed her roommate John Chapman six times,
killing the middle-aged man.
After murderlng Lukasz Slaboszewski, Joanna
Dennehy placed the young man's body in a trash
can, and the killer was so proud of the murdær
she had committed, she showed the 31-year-old's
corpse to a teenage girl.
She was also unable to stop herself from boasting
after she killed her roommate John Chapman,
so she called one of her friends and sang
lyrics from "Oops...
I Did It Again," a song by Britney Spears.
Allegedly, Dennehy also danced after seeing
television coverage of the murdærs, indicating
she clearly got some pleasure and joy from
her brutal and depraved crimes.
She convinced two men to help her carry out
her crimes and although they didn't help her
actually stab her victims to death, Gary "Stretch"
Richards and Leslie Layton, assisted Joanna
Dennehy by disposing of her victims' bodies,
dumping their corpses in ditches for her.
Richards, who was more than seven feet tall,
and Layton later claimed they didn't want
to help Dennehy get rid of the bodies of the
three men, but they agreed to assist her because
they were afraid of the 30-year-old woman.
After disposing of the lifeless bodies of
John Chapman and Kevin Lee, Joanna Dennehy
and Gary Richards drove to Hereford, a town
140 miles from Peterborough, in search of
people to attack, with Dennehy telling Richards,
"I want my fun".
On April 2, 2013, Dennehy, with the help of
Richards, attempted to murdær two men, Robin
Bereza and John Rogers, who were simply out
walking their dogs.
She stabbed Bereza once in the shoulder and
once in the chest, and 10 minutes later she
attacked Rogers, stabbing him 40 times and
puncturing both of his lungs.
Britain's most dangerous female prisoner Joanna
Dennehy threatened to kill Rose West within
minutes of arriving in the same jail.
Staff at the Bronzefield prison in Surrey
were so worried she would murdær West that
the 64-year-old was put into solitary confinement
within minutes and then moved to another prison
the next morning.
