Get the inside track on the big stories from Manchester courts with our weekly newsletter The ex-girlfriend of the 'Babes in the Wood' killer has been jailed for telling “wicked lies” at his murder trial.
Russell Bishop was put on trial for the murders of schoolgirls Karen Hadaway and Nicola Fellows in 1987 but was acquitted after Jennifer Johnson lied about key evidence - a blue sweatshirt found near the scene.
Today, the 55 year-old refused to appear in the same courtroom where she committed perjury more than three decades ago. In her absence, the judge sentenced her to six years in jail.
The original not guilty verdicts had devastating consequences, when three years later Bishop kidnapped and sexually assaulted another young girl,
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