Man guilty of daughter's murder

Mar 10 2010

A father who stabbed his teenage daughter to death and then drove her dead body around for 10 hours has been found guilty of murder.

Gary Fisher, 48, of Solihull, Birmingham, West Midlands, insisted he had killed Chanelle Sasha Jones, 17, as part of a suicide pact.

Fisher refused to give evidence in his own defence but had claimed his daughter wanted to die because she had been raped.

The brutal stabbing happened in a secluded pub car park in the teenager's home town of Cardigan, West Wales, in August last year.

Fisher admitted manslaughter but claimed it was not murder, using the failed suicide pact as a partial defence.

A jury at Swansea Crown Court took just one hour to reject his version of events and find him guilty of murder.

The judge, Mr Justice Lloyd Jones, told the jury that he did not intend to sentence Fisher immediately.

Speaking to the defendant, he said: "Gary Fisher, you have been found guilty of murder. By law there is only one sentence for murder and in due course you will be sentenced to imprisonment for life."

He said that, at a future sentencing hearing, he would set the minimum jail term Fisher will have to serve before being eligible for parole.

Fisher stood emotionless and immobile as the jury delivered its verdict. He was taken away after the judge's comments.

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