"Martin Suter, 68, lay in wait for five hours before fatally stabbing 71-year-old Ann Blackwood at Crofton Cemetery in Stubbington, Hampshire, on 24 July 2023. The attack occurred on what would have been their son Christopher's 36th birthday. Suter, of Lee-on-the-Solent, admitted to the murder. He was also sentenced for the indecent assault of a girl under 14, a charge he pleaded guilty to in May 2023 at Manchester Crown Court."
"He told Suter: Christopher's death was a tragic loss but cannot reduce in any way your culpability for the murder of his mother. He added: You brutally murdered Ann Blackwood in the most cruel and agonising way you could by stabbing her to death on her son's grave, and this is rightly characterised by her family and friends as an act of wickedness."
Martin Suter, 68, lay in wait for five hours before fatally stabbing 71-year-old Ann Blackwood at Crofton Cemetery in Hampshire on 24 July 2023, the day that would have been their son Christopher's 36th birthday. Suter admitted the murder and was sentenced at Portsmouth Crown Court to life imprisonment with a minimum term of 27 years and 109 days. He received an additional 121 days for a separate indecent assault conviction involving a girl under 14, pleaded guilty in May 2023 at Manchester Crown Court. The judge characterised the killing as cruel, agonising and wicked. A victim impact statement described profound shock and loss.
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