Daily Mirror

Teen stabbed to death after flying to meet UK boyfriend

- BY BEN TURNER and LAURA SHARMAN

A CANADIAN teenager who flew to the UK to meet her new boyfriend was stabbed to death just two days before she was due to return home.

Ashley Wadsworth, 19, was found dead at a block of flats at around 4pm on Tuesday.

Police swarmed an estate in Chelmsford, Essex, after reports of a domestic disturbanc­e.

Paramedics tried to revive Ashley, who died at the scene. She had travelled to Britain on November 12 to visit her boyfriend Jack Sepple. Detectives are quizzing a man, 23, on suspicion of murder and said they are not looking for anyone else at present. On Facebook, pal Larissa Kontos described Ashley, from Vernon, as a “beautiful loving soul” and said she had been due home today. The deceased’s aunt Rosie Turcotte added: “I am so angry, sad and f ***ing mad.”

 ?? ?? TRAGIC Ashley Wadsworth
TRAGIC Ashley Wadsworth

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