Daily Mirror (Northern Ireland)
Two machetes, handcuffs, duct tape, a gas mask & ski mask KILLER’S ARSENAL OF TORTURE..
SO CLOSE
ment said he hit and stabbed at Ms Reat and as Charlotte tried to protect her he fought her off, sat on her and tried to stab her too.
It wasn’t until his father came into the room and overpowered him that the bloody assault came to an end.
Mr Tweedie said after he grabbed the knife from his son and threw it on the ground, Ward calmly said: “It wasn’t me daddy, I don’t know what I’m doing.”
Police arrived at the Mornington Lane address shortly after 6am and although attempts were made to resuscitate Ms Reat, she died in her daughter’s arms from six stab wounds.
Charlotte had lacerations to her face, neck and hands and Mr Tweedie had a number of cuts to his head, abdomen and hand.
The judgment said that when interviewed by police, Ward claimed he was in “a psychotic episode”.
A psychiatrist said he found no evidence he fulfilled the criteria for any mental illness.
Judge Lynch told him: “You, Ward, have robbed her of her life and prospects”.
In a statement after yesterday’s sentencing, Detective Inspector Michelle Griffin said: “Everyone deserves to feel safe in their home.
“When Jayne challenged Nathan and asked why he was in their room, he stabbed her multiple times. Charlotte was stabbed three times in the head and when Nathan’s father Joseph came to their aid from another room in the house, he was also stabbed in the stomach by Nathan.
“No young woman should have to see their mother murdered and to hold them in their arms as they pass away. Charlotte and her mother should have been waking up looking forward to the excitement of Christmas. Instead Jayne was savagely murdered and Charlotte and Joe’s life were changed forever.
“Jayne was a psychiatric nurse who made her living looking after others and she was murdered in cold blood by Nathan who she had welcomed in to her home. Nathan has robbed her of the joy of seeing her daughter grow as a young woman, possibly getting married and giving her grandchildren.
“Nathan’s callous actions have also denied Charlotte the love and friendship of her mother and robbed his father of the chance to have a long and happy future.
“Nathan is a dangerous man who has shown no remorse for his actions.
“I welcome the fact that he is now behind bars and the community is a safer place as a result of this police investigation.”