Aldi knife murderer jailed for life for ‘execution’
A FORMER company director has been jailed for a minimum of 30 years after admitting murdering his ex-partner’s daughter in an Aldi supermarket in what was described as a “coldblooded public execution perpetrated for the purpose of revenge”.
Neville Hord pleaded guilty to murdering supermarket worker Jodie Willsher in front of shoppers at a store in Skipton, N Yorks, just before Christmas last year.
Bradford Crown Court heard that Hord, a 44-year-old father-of-two, was the ex-partner of 30-year-old Mrs Willsher’s mother, Nicola Dinsdale. He had been on bail for allegedly attacking Ms Dinsdale when he stabbed Mrs Willsher, a mother-of-one, to death.
Peter Moulson QC, prosecuting, told the court how Hord stabbed Mrs Willsher several times in the store before being restrained by members of the public. His 15-month relationship with Ms Dinsdale had ended in November and, after the murder, Hord said to the police about Mrs Willsher: “It’s all her fault, she is to blame.”
Mr Moulson said it was a “coldblooded public execution perpetrated for the purpose of revenge”. He added that the attack was pre-planned and the defendant also took an axe with him to the supermarket.
In a statement read to the court, Mrs Willsher’s widower, Malcolm, said his life and that of his daughter, Megan, had been ripped apart.