Portsmouth Crown Court Sentencing Results

Jordan William Ruston, 25, of Howe Road, committed multiple burglaries. Overnight on June 29-30, 2023, he entered a flat at the Anchorage in Gosport, stealing electronics and a bank card. On July 2, 2023, he burgled two properties on Tukes Avenue and one on Brookers Lane, taking electronics equipment and bank cards. He was linked to these crimes via a gifted Nintendo Switch and other evidence. Separately, on November 4, 2024, he broke into a house on Village Close, stealing a purse; took jewellery from a property on Gosport Road in Stubbington; stole rings and airsoft equipment from St Nicholas Avenue; and on the following night, stole electronics, bank cards, a knife from Totland Road, and electronics, jewellery, and a moped from Magennis Road. The moped was later found dumped in a pond near his home. He also possessed offensive weapons, including a knuckle duster and telescopic baton, at his home address.

David Fuller murdered Wendy Knell, 25, and Caroline Pierce, 20, in separate attacks in Tunbridge Wells, Kent, in 1987. He sexually assaulted Ms Knell's body after her death and dumped Ms Pierce's body in a ditch. Additionally, between 2007 and 2020, he abused corpses in hospital mortuaries, filming himself interfering with the bodies of deceased women, including unidentified victims, while working as an electrician.