Conman killer jailed for 34 years

A "brutal and sadistic" conman who murdered and mutilated the body of his secret lover after cheating her out of more than £60,000 was jailed for life with a minimum term of 34 years today.

Businesswoman Diana Lee, 54, was bludgeoned to death at her home in affluent East Cheshire by her debt-ridden boyfriend David Ryan, a trial at Chester Crown Court heard.
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