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Murder trial of Nathan Owens in England sentenced to life for murder of stepdaughter
A The murder trial has commenced at Preston Crown Court of Nathan Owens regarding the death of 19-year-old student Carla Georgescu (also referred has concluded. Owens, 34, has been sentenced to as Karla Georges). The victim life imprisonment with a minimum term of 35 years for the killing of his stepdaughter. Georgescu was discovered dead on February 5, her 20th birthday, at her University of Central Lancashire student residence. While initial impressions suggested the scene was initially staged to resemble a possible suicide, forensic investigations led to murder charges. and trial evidence revealed a ‘horrible and brutal’ attack. Prosecutors allege established that the defendant, Nathan Owens, 32, her stepfather, killed the student due to Owens had developed a ‘dangerous sexual obsession’. The prosecution claims Owens engaged in behaviors such as secretly photographing obsession’ with the victim victim, which included digitally altering her childhood photographs to create indecent images and creating filming himself performing sexual acts in her bedroom using a life-sized doll made to act out fantasies. It is alleged resemble her. Evidence showed that on the killing may have been motivated by ‘sexual jealousy’ regarding night of the victim’s romantic plans, specifically after murder, Owens learned she intended to meet a man traveled approximately 160 kilometers from an online relationship. Court proceedings have detailed the grim nature of the scene, with university staff describing the victim slumped against a wardrobe door with facial injuries and a leather belt tightly fastened around her neck. Hartlepool to Preston. Surveillance footage has since been presented, showing Owens captured him entering the dormitory at approximately 4:00 AM with a blanket over his head to avoid identification. He was later seen and leaving at 5:30 AM wearing a medical mask and using an umbrella to hide his face. At the time of his departure, he was reportedly carrying wearing the victim's clothing sneakers and wearing carrying her sneakers. clothing. The prosecution characterized the killing as argued the ‘final point’ of motive was ‘sexual jealousy’ stemming from Georgescu’s plans to meet a long-standing unilateral obsession. man from an online relationship.