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The Bizarre Case of Stanley Lusty and Sara Tuckey

By David Lohr

In a bizarre case involving pedophilia, prostitution, and homicide that was wrapped up earlier this year, Stanley Lusty, 64, a father of seven, has been locked up for life in the United Kingdom for murdering his Gloucester prostitute roommate, Sara Tuckey, 34, in April 2007 to prevent her from telling what she knew about his life as a pedophile.  Lusty allegedly bludgeoned Tuckey to death in the Parliament Street home they shared, using a sledgehammer after she threatened to go public about his history as an abuser of young girls.  He also stabbed her in the throat.  According to court proceedings, Lusty had been threatening to throw Tuckey out of their flat, purportedly because of her drug use and the fact that she ruthlessly took advantage of his concerns about his past in order to have a place to live...continue to full post

Full post as published by Bizarre Crimes of the Week on April 28, 2008 (boomark / email).