In the Spring of 2013 Joanna Dennehy committed five brutal stabbings. She took three innocent lives. And devastated countless more. Over just ten days Joanna Dennehy’s violent spree victimised so many including her own family. The Murderer & Me: Joanna Dennehy, Sky Crime 2021
To the officers’ surprise, Dennehy simply accepts the arrest … Joanna’s erratic behaviour raises concern … Her condition is classified as paraphilia-sadomasochism, meaning she simply enjoys causing pain. ibid.
On 2nd April 2013 the city of Hereford witnessed two crimes so brutal and so horrific that they would thrust an otherwise sleepy community into the news headlines. In separate random assaults two men are savagely set upon while innocently walking their dogs. Joanna Dennehy: British Serial Killer aka Joanne Dennehy: Killing for Fun, Channel 5 2023
A 14 day killing spree that started over 140 miles away. ibid.
On 30th March 2013 the body of property landlord Kevin Lee was found in a ditch near Newborough in Cambridgeshire. ibid.
She returned to the Old Bailey where she was sentenced to a whole life tariff. ibid.
A body has been discovered in the countryside. But reports of further bodies point towards a serial killer. Killer at the Crime Scene s2e2, Netflix 2022
After serving time in prison, Gary Stretch met Joanna Dennehy at a bail hostel and the two became associated. ibid.
This is the story of Joanne Dennehy, Britain’s most infamous female serial killer. The Killing Spree: Hunting Joanne Dennehy, caption, Channel 5 2024
She just wanted to kill as many people as possible. ibid. rozzer
People are fixated with this case because Joanne Dennehy is female. ibid.
Only the third woman in Britain to receive a whole-life sentence. ibid. news
Two miles from the scene of the first attack John Rogers is walking his dog. ibid. caption
Dennehy is taken to Hereford police station. ibid.
Joanne Dennehy is a woman who gets results from flirting. She even tries it on with police officers on those occasions that she’s arrested. Inside the Mind of a Serial Killer s1e7: Joanne Dennehy
She stabbed five men, each a frenzied attack, before finally she was caught. ibid.
‘Drink and drugs, and to a degree, mental illness, that was influencing her behaviour.’ ibid. expert