{"id":18054,"date":"2017-02-28T12:06:39","date_gmt":"2017-02-28T12:06:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/?p=18054"},"modified":"2017-02-28T12:06:39","modified_gmt":"2017-02-28T12:06:39","slug":"matalan-killer-gets-least-23-years-jail-savage-attack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2017\/02\/28\/matalan-killer-gets-least-23-years-jail-savage-attack\/","title":{"rendered":"Matalan killer gets at least 23 years in jail for &#039;savage attack&#039;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>THE jealous killer, who\u00a0murdered his ex-girlfriend and her partner outside a Cardiff Matalan store, was today jailed for a minimum of 23 years and four months.<br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Andrew Saunders, 21, from Cardiff admitted killing Matalan workers Zoe Morgan and Lee Simmons in a jealous rage outside the Queen Street store last September 28.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">At Cardiff Crown Court, Mrs Justice Nicola Davies said: &#8220;In a sustained and brutal attack you took away those lives. You took away their futures. Whatever your mental state, you took the lives of two people in a savage and senseless attack. You robbed the families of Lee Simmons and Zoe Morgan of a much-loved son and a much-loved daughter.\u201d <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Dr Sanikop, a consultant forensic psychiatrist, said Saunders was: &#8220;unlikely to be suffering from any mental illness disorder&#8221; that would &#8220;substantially impair&#8221; his responsibility at the time of the killing.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cHowever, it is fair to say that he was under significant emotional distress,&#8221; he added.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Mrs Justice Davies said several\u00a0factors contributed to this distress including the death of his grandfather and the break-up of his relationship with Zoe Morgan.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Senior investigating officer, Detective Inspector Mark O\u2019Shea, said: \u00a0\u201cAndrew Saunders has rightly been sentenced today to a lengthy term of imprisonment for his brutal and callous murders. <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">&#8220;He is a cold calculating killer who planned this crime over a number of weeks. He brutally killed those two wonderful young people out of an immature jealousy that cannot be explained or understood by any right-thinking person.\u201d<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">&#8220;He has offered no mitigation and displayed no remorse. He is a truly despicable man. He deserves to spend the majority of his life in prison where he will hopefully have time to reflect on the gravity of his offences.\u201d<\/span><br \/>\n<iframe class=\"zeen-lazy-load-base zeen-lazy-load\" src=\"about:blank\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9l-9JKKYbj8\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><noscript><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9l-9JKKYbj8\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/noscript><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">More background to this story will be given later today.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>THE jealous killer, who\u00a0murdered his ex-girlfriend and her partner outside a Cardiff Matalan store, was today jailed for a minimum of 23 years and four months. 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