Life sentences for Shepshed pair
TWO men have been sentenced to life imprisonment following the murder of Timothy Smith, who was killed in Shepshed earlier this year.
They were both sentenced at Leicester Crown Court on Monday, October 23).
Mark Anthony Law, 20, of Sandringham Rise, Shepshed, pleaded guilty to murder on Friday, September 8 2017 at Leicester Crown Court.
He will serve a minimum of 19 years before being eligible for parole.
His co-accused Mason Casey, 18, of Ludlow Place, Shepshed, stood trial at Leicester Crown Court and was found guilty of murder on Monday, October 16.
He will serve a minimum of 15 years before being eligible for parole.
Police were called shortly before 9pm on Thursday, March 16 by the ambulance service who had attended the report of a road traffic collision in Gelders Hall Road. A vehicle had been found which had seemingly collided with a wall.
The driver of the vehicle, 45-year-old Mr Smith, was unresponsive and following examination he was found to be suffering from injuries which were not con- sistent with a collision. Mr Smith died at the scene and a post mortem examination later revealed he died of a stab wound to the heart.
Detectives managed to establish from examining Mr Smith’s mobile phone and extensive CCTV work, he had pre-arranged to meet Law after chatting on a social network site and picked him near to his home address at around 8.30pm that evening. Casey also joined them in the car.
It was later discovered that Mr Smith drove to the industrial estate and parked the car.
It was while he was in the car with Law, he was stabbed.
Both men fled the scene on foot leaving Mr Smith fatally injured.
He managed to reverse the car and attempted to drive out of the car park, but collided with a wall at the entrance and collapsed.
He was found by a member of staff at one of the nearby premises who had come outside after he had heard the collision.