{"id":98699,"date":"2023-10-06T17:21:29","date_gmt":"2023-10-06T17:21:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/turbocelebrity.com\/?p=98699"},"modified":"2023-10-06T17:21:29","modified_gmt":"2023-10-06T17:21:29","slug":"postman-bludgeoned-missing-mum-50-to-death-with-dumbbell-as-haunting-last-moments-heard-in-call-to-cab-firm-the-sun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/turbocelebrity.com\/world-news\/postman-bludgeoned-missing-mum-50-to-death-with-dumbbell-as-haunting-last-moments-heard-in-call-to-cab-firm-the-sun\/","title":{"rendered":"Postman bludgeoned missing mum, 50, to death with dumbbell as haunting last moments heard in call to cab firm | The Sun"},"content":{"rendered":"
A POSTMAN bludgeoned a mum to death with a dumbbell before leaving her wrapped body in his home for 11 days. <\/p>\n
Emily Sanderson, 50, was last seen by family at her dad's funeral on May 19 and was reported missing a few days later.<\/p>\n
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Tragically, her final moments were heard by a cab company as Mark Nicholls' battered the mum-of-three to death.<\/p>\n
In haunting audio played to court, Emily can be heard screaming before a series of dull thuds were heard.<\/p>\n
Her body was discovered in a house in\u00a0Sheffield, South Yorkshire, 11 days after she disappeared.<\/p>\n
Chillingly, the postman was seen digging in the garden days before the tragic find was made.<\/p>\n
Nicholls, 43, has now been jailed for life with a minimum of 17 and a half years after he pleaded guilty to murder.<\/p>\n Sentencing, Judge Jeremy Richardson KC said it was a "ferociously violent attack on a defenceless woman".<\/p>\n He added: "There was an unrelenting avalanche of violence visited upon her."<\/p>\n Emily's family had issued a desperate plea for information after she vanished.<\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n They said: "We are all worried sick about you. We love you and need you home safe."<\/p>\n Police\u00a0found her body in a three-bedroom home that\u00a0neighbours\u00a0believed was empty on May 30.<\/p>\n The property, which had recently sold, had previously been listed on Right Move.<\/p>\n A post mortem found Emily died from head injuries.<\/p>\n South Yorkshire Police has made a mandatory referral to the Independent Office for Police Conduct following Emily's death.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/picture>KICKED OUT <\/span><\/p>\n
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