Scott Paterson, a 45-year-old man, dismembered his landlady, Annette Smith, after suffocating her, and covered up the crime by sending fake Christmas messages from her account.
Annette Smith's stepson described her as kind and caring, expressing his deep resentment towards Paterson, stating, "I will never forgive him for what he did, I hate him from the bottom of my heart."
Judge Edward Murray labeled Paterson's actions as awful and callous, emphasizing that his sentence could not compensate for the loss suffered by Smith's family.
Paterson initially misled detectives about Smith's disappearance, claiming she left with a stranger, but later confessed to the murder and did lead police to the location of her dismembered body.
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