Shane Mays: Last News

The Daily Star's FREE newsletter is spectacular! Sign up today for the best stories straight to your inboxShane Mays has been jailed for life to serve a minimum of 25 years at Winchester Crown Court for the “brutal” murder of 16-year-old Louise Smith.On the opening day of his trial, Shane Mays, 30, admitted manslaughter after originally telling police he knew nothing about her death.Jurors at Winchester Crown Court heard distressing evidence throughout the trial about the tragic death of 16-year-old Louise Smith who had such devastating injuries her jawbone was "completely detached from her skull."Mays was convicted of murdering Louise in an "extreme" way that subjected the teen to "excruciating, overwhelming pain" in what has been

The Daily Star's FREE newsletter is spectacular! Sign up today for the best stories straight to your inboxCCTV footage of a 16-year-old girl allegedly killed by her uncle in a sexually-motivated murder shows her shopping with him the night before her death.Louise Smith can be seen walking side-by-side with uncle Shane Mays at the Premier Store near her aunt's Havant home around 8pm on May 7.The footage showed Louise buying alcohol with Mays - who denies murder but has admitted manslaughter - before she enters a Tesco alone and later returns to their one-bedroom flat.Prosecutor James Newton-Price QC told Winchester Crown Court: "This is the last known CCTV footage of Louise."By 12.49pm on May 8, Louise had vanished, with her body "burned and

The Daily Star's FREE newsletter is spectacular! Sign up today for the best stories straight to your inboxA teenager was killed by her aunt’s husband after he lost "his temper", a court heard.Shane Mays, 30, admits attacking "vulnerable" 16-year-old Louise Smith and repeatedly punching her.But he denies murdering her and setting her body on fire, a jury was told.The teen disappeared on VE Day, with her body found 13 days later in woodland at Havant Thicket, Hampshire.She lived with Mays and his wife, Chazlynn Jayne Mays, who was the cousin of Louise's mother as well as the victim's aunt.Winchester Crown Court heard Louise suffered multiple blows to her head causing the bone structure of her face to collapse.Her body, which was set alight,

A "vulnerable" 16-year-old girl was killed in a "cruel and brutal murder" with a "sexual motive" by her aunt's husband, a court has heard.