A MONSTER who strangled his son’s girlfriend to death before heading to a bakery to buy a custard slice has been jailed for life.
Sophie Evans, 30, was discovered face down wearing only a bath towel following the murder in Llanelli, Wales.
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CPSFootage showed her returning from the school run before she was killed[/caption]
CPSRichard Jones then showed up pretending to be carrying out work on the house[/caption]
CPS He was captured calmly leaving 44 minutes later[/caption]
Chilling CCTV showed the mum-of-two returning home from the school run unaware of the horror about to unfold.
Her partner’s dad Richard Jones has called round under the guise of carrying out some work for Sophie.
Just 44 minutes later, the killer was seen on doorbell footage calmly leaving as Sophie lay dead inside.
The 50-year-old was then captured on CCTV buying a tuna roll and custard slice from a local bakery.
Jones has now been jailed for life with a minimum of 20 years after being convicted of murder.
In a harrowing victim impact statement, his son – Sophie’s partner – Jamie Davies told how his life has not been the same since she died.
He also said he suffers from depression and anxiety and described the mum-of-two as “the most beautiful, loving and caring person I could ever ask for”.
Jamie added: “What Richard has done is truly unforgivable, he’s ruined my future and of having a family unit of my own.
“Sophie was my future wife, we were planning on having children and discussions on where we were going to get married. Our plans and dreams have been taken away from us due to the selfish actions of Richard.
“We trusted Richard and were never concerned about having him over. I didn’t think for one minute he was capable of harming Sophie, nevermind murdering her.
“The thought of having to live our lives without Sophie causes me extreme pain and heartache.”
While Sophie’s sister Carrie Quinlan said Jones had “destroyed us as a family and each of us as individuals”.
She added: “Two beautiful girls have to live without their mother and she will never see them grow up. Sophie’s life was her two girls. It’s heart wrenching, the trauma it’s caused.
“There will never be enough justice for what he has done to use. Sophie trusted this man. This man took advantage of a young woman in the most disgraceful way. What he has done is disgraceful.
“Two little girls crying every single night, a father has lost his lovely daughter and we have lost our amazing sister. He’s taken everything from us in the most despicable way possible.
“We’ll never forget our beautiful Sophie. She will remain in our hearts, that’s all we have for now.”
Jones has been jailed for life for murder
Swansea Crown Court heard Jones admitted killing Sophie in a phone conversation with his ex-partner Tracey Thompson.
He spent eight minutes on the phone with her before messaging: “Don’t say a word please”.
A post-mortem found Sophie suffered multiple injuries – including defensive wounds – after she was physically attacked and assaulted.
The mum-of-two’s cause of death was given as compression to the neck.
When Jones was arrested, police found a notepad that had a messaged scrawled on it in his car.
It read: “I got scammed and rinsed by my own son so I dealt with it myself. Had no other choice.”
Jones told officers he was being taken advantage of financially and had “lost his temper” before the killing.
The court heard Sophie was in a relationship with Jones’ son Jamie Davies at the time of her death.
She had moved into Jamie’s home in April 2023 and was paying the mortgage while he was remanded at HMP Swansea facing charges of supplying drugs and money laundering.
The dad felt scammed by his son and his partner as he was “duped” into signing a document stating that Sophie was a tenant and Jones was the landlord.
Prosecutor Michael Jones KC said this information was false and amounted to fraud.
Days before Sophie’s death, Jones made internet searches including: “Is paternity fraud a crime in the UK?”
He also looked up “I was duped into signing a mortgage, is there a way out of it?” and “Where are my deed titles held and do I need them?”
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