Leonne’s killer jailed
A MAN who stabbed a 16-year-old girl 28 times before dumping her body under an old sofa murdered her because he “liked killing”, a court has been told.
Shea Peter Heeley deliberately befriended Leonne Weeks and then lured her to a secluded spot where he killed her in a “brutally violent” attack, a judge told Sheffield Crown Court.
Jailing him for life, Judge Paul Watson QC told Heeley, now 19, he may never be released. THOUSANDS of properties in south east England remain without water, after a thaw resulted in multiple burst pipes across the region.
Householders and businesses are having to use bottled water while pipes undergo work to fix leaks and repair bursts amid milder conditions which followed the deep freeze of last week.
Thames Water, which has customers across London and Thames Valley, said somewhere under 10,000 properties are affected, while Affinity Water which serves parts of north west London and the home counties, is working to restore full supply to around 1,000 properties experiencing disruptions in the past 48 hours.
Alongside South East Water and Southern Water, the companies have urged customers who do have running water only to use it where essential.
In a joint statement, they said: “Where possible, take short showers rather than baths, do not leave taps running unnecessarily and only run washing machines and dish washers when you have a full load. “This will make a real difference.” A spokeswoman for Thames Water said they were “grateful” to those who had heeded their low usage warning and asked for customers’ co-operation.