SMALL-TIME DRUG DEALER JAILED FOR LIFE FOR TEENAGER'S MURDER
Violent small-time drug dealer Jake Rollinson was sentenced on Friday, March 11, for the murder of popular teenager Joseph Whitchurch.Rollinson's case was listed at Nottingham Crown Court for sentencing after he was convicted of the murder of 16-year-old Joseph on Wednesday, September 1, last year.
Joseph was stabbed at least four times by Rollinson on Boxing Day morning and died on December 29.
Rollinson, 20, of Hickings Lane, Stapleford, is due to be sentenced for murder.
And he will also be sentenced for perverting the course of justice.
His partner Lorna Richardson, who helped Rollinson give false accounts to police, is due to be sentenced, too, on a single charge of perverting the course of justice.
She helped Rollinson give false accounts to police.
The case against Richardson, 25, of Blake Road in Stapleford, has yet to be heard in court before she is sentenced with Rollinson.
They both pleaded guilty to perverting the course of justice after they were filmed giving false accounts to officers, after Joseph was stabbed, which the prosecution said was intended to "wrong-foot" the police investigation.
Detective Inspector Steve Wragg, of Nottinghamshire Police’s Major Crime Unit, led the investigation into Joseph’s death.
Rollinson had previously denied murder.
He had previously admitted to stabbing Joseph at least four times at his home in Stapleford, and the court described him as a violent individual with a previous record of violence and drug supply.
He was sentenced to life imprisonment with a minimum term of 19 years for the murder, and additional periods for drug supply and perverting justice.
