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Outlets Revisit Joanne Dennehy Case, Citing Britney Spears Call After Third Murder

Fresh coverage revisits 2013 trial records, highlighting the judge’s findings on her sadomasochistic paraphilia.

Overview

  • Dennehy murdered three men in a 10-day spree in Peterborough in March 2013 after telling an accomplice, "I want my fun. I need you to get my fun."
  • After killing Kevin Lee, reports say she dressed his body to degrade him and phoned a friend to sing "Oops... I Did It Again."
  • Weeks later she and accomplice Gary Stretch attacked two dog walkers in Hereford, leaving both for dead and stealing one victim’s dog.
  • In November 2013 she pleaded guilty to three murders and two attempted murders, and the judge called her "a cruel, calculating, selfish and manipulative murderer."
  • Court records state the judge noted paraphilia sadomasochism, and Stretch was given a life sentence while two other accomplices received 14- and three-year terms.