The Peterborough Evening Telegraph
SUSANNA PUTS TV SPOTLIGHT ON KILLER
GMB presenter Susanna Reid to host show about Joanne Dennehy
A new documentary looking into the background of one of Peterborough’s most notorious murderers is set to be broadcast six years after she went on her killing spree.
Joanne Dennehy stabbed three men to death in Peterborough in the run up to Easter in 2013 before attempting to kill two other men when she was on the run in Hereford.
Dennehy became only the third woman in British history to be given a whole life prison sentence the following year.
Now Good Morning Britain presenter Susanna Reid is set to present the latest documenary looking at the ‘abhorrent, horrific character’.
Ms Reid said: “How could a woman do this?’ It is a question that comes up over and over again.
“If you consider that women are far less likely to be responsible as a serial killer, but when they are it’s absolutely shocking. She is only one of three women who got given a whole life sentence in prison.
“The other two are Myra Hindley and Rose West - women with whom we are equally fascinated, about how they could be responsible for the worst crimes.
“We live in an equal society, but it is still shocking to us when women are capable of that violence.”
Dennehy pleaded guilty to killing Lukasz Slaboszewski (31) Kevin Lee (48) and John Chapman (56).
The ITV documentary has full access to the custody tapes when Dennehy was arrested. Ms Reid said: “She is standing in police custody and you would think she would be at least a little bit nervous, at least a little bit concerned for her future, and yet she is boasting ‘attempted murder and murder is nothing. It’s like going down for a Sunday roast. Easy’. She starts flirting with the police officers, trying to charm them and win them over, and you can see they are reluctantly drawn into her web. She’s obviously a really compelling character. She starts playing with her hair.”
Joanne Dennehy: Serial Killer is on ITV at 9pm on Thursday, April 18.