![]() Officers found a calendar which had "hoax" written on it, at the same time as the incident. Prosecutors told the court how it contained the words "bomb", "warning" "not a drill" "pigs" and "boom".Ī controlled explosion was carried out by police to ensure the area was safe.īlewitt was identified through DNA and visited his home. Inside the bag, they found a shoe box shaped item wrapped in brown paper. Officers removed the package from the rucksack, following the discovery on September 17 last year. The court heard how she saw an item inside with the word "bomb" written on it and called police. Jolyn Perks, prosecuting, told the court how she believed it had been left by a child and contacted a school. Teesside Crown Court heard how the item, which was wrapped in brown paper, had "bomb" written on it.Ī woman took the rucksack home after coming across it while walking near St Andrew's Church in Houghton. Alexander Wrightĭean Blewitt has been locked up for 24 monthsĪ man who planted a fake 'bomb' in a rucksack was jailed.ĭean Blewitt, 40, dumped a bag containing a shoe box shaped package at a church yard in Darlington. If he is released, he will be on licence for the rest of his life. Sentencing Costello, the judge said it was a "brutal" and "vicious" attack carried out on an 18-year-old who was home from university.Ĭostello was given a life sentence and must serve a minimum term of 19 years and 232 days before he is released. ![]() In a statement during the hearing, Mr Black's mum, Lyndsey Allison said the family remains “heartbroken” and described her son as a “kind hearted” student who “loved everybody”. Mr Black sustained extensive injuries to his torso, with his heart and liver both being pierced and sustained 64 "sharp force injuries" in the attack which targeted his "head and neck".Ĭostello faced a trial at Teesside Crown Court and admitted the killing but claimed it was manslaughter rather than murder on the grounds of diminished responsibility.Īfter deliberating for 11 hours and 30 minutes, a jury of 12 people found him guilty of murder on July 1. Mr Black had been struck with such force, the knife had gone through his skull and into his brain, and had to be forcibly removed by a pathologist. The 32-year-old carried out the violent attack on the 18-year-old in his kitchen and caused multiple stab wounds and "slash" injuries to his head and left a knife embedded in his skull. Nathan Costello murdered Taylor Black in his home on Ketton Road in Hardwick, Stockton on February 17, last year. Nathan Costello was given a life sentence after being found guilty of murdering Taylor Black (Image: Cleveland Police)Ī man has been given a life sentence after being found guilty of murdering a teenager in a brutal knife attack.
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