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I think I am Phil!Isn't the measure of a civilised society the way in which it treats its most marginalised members - ie the poor and the criminal?Setting a moral lesson by killing someone for killing someone is puerile logic.Once again the irrelevance of (admittedly extremist) religious views to modern society is demonstrated.Learn to spell god-botherers.
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WELL SAID STU OF MELBOURNE! COMMENT 26.
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stu of Melbourne - I've long believed that religion doesn't trap smart people. I think you may be onto something there!
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FORKLIFT truck driver Steve Wright has been found guilty of murdering five prostitutes during one of the most intensive killing sprees in British criminal history.

Wright, 49, had asphyxiated the five drug-addicted women, leaving two of their bodies in a cruciform position with arms outstretched.

The corpses were found dumped at rural locations around the town of Ipswich within the space of just 10 days.

He will be sentenced at Ipswich Crown Court tomorrow.

Return of death penalty

The families of two of the women called for the return of the death penalty.

Speaking through a police liaison officer, one of them said: "These crimes deserve the ultimate punishment, and that can only mean one thing.

"The public must insist this government looks at returning the death penalty in cases such as this otherwise many more families will go through the same suffering that we have had to endure."

Massive manhunt

The 2006 killings led to one of the country`s biggest ever manhunts and drew comparisons with infamous 19th century serial killer Jack the Ripper.

Wright, labelled the "Suffolk Strangler" by the media, had murdered the women while his 63-year-old partner Pamela was working night shifts.

Overnight after two days of deliberations, the jury of nine men and three women at the court found Wright guilty of murdering Gemma Adams, 25, Tania Nicol, 19, Anneli Alderton, 24, Paula Clennell, 24, and Annette Nicholls, 29.

Detective Chief Superintendent Stewart Gull of Suffolk Police later said the "appalling crimes left a community, a county and a nation in a state of profound shock".

"They left Suffolk Constabulary facing the most daunting challenge in its history."

Scientific evidence

The Crown Prosecution Service in Suffolk described the prosecution of Wright as one of the biggest cases it had handled, but said scientific evidence had proved he was responsible.

Prosecutors during the trial had said Wright could have killed his victims with an accomplice, although no one else has been charged.

Sex with dozens of prostitutes

The court had heard that in the three months before his December 19, 2006 arrest, Wright, the son of an RAF policeman, had sex with a dozen prostitutes, including the five he killed.

His DNA was found on the bodies of three of the victims while bloodstains from two of the women were found on his jacket at his home.

The odds of the DNA matches occurring by chance were one in a billion, experts testified.

The pattern of the killings was similar to those of his partner`s night shifts.

In one fortnight period when she was not working nights, prosecutors said the "prostitutes of Ipswich were not subjected to any campaign by a random psychopath".

Police said after the case they were not aware of any evidence to link Wright with any other crimes.

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