Stepfather found guilty of murdering student Carla Georgescu in her university room
Preston Crown Court in England has convicted a 34-year-old man of murdering his 19-year-old stepdaughter, a student, in her hall of residence room. He will be sentenced on Friday.
Preston Crown Court in Lancashire, north-west England, which handles serious criminal cases, has found 34-year-old Nathan Owens guilty of murdering his 19-year-old stepdaughter, university student Carla Georgescu. The killing took place in February in her room at a hall of residence. Sentencing is due on Friday.
The case
Owens, from Hartlepool, killed Carla in her room at Ribble Hall in Preston. Her body was found there on 5 February.
The court had earlier heard that Owens secretly took photographs of Carla and superimposed her face onto naked pornographic images of women.
Evidence at trial
The trial was shown CCTV footage of Owens having a meal with Carla in the days before her death. Further footage showed him going to her flat in the early hours of 4 February, wrapped in a blanket.
Prosecutors closed their case on Monday. Owens said he would not go into the witness box and would not offer any other testimony.
What happens next
Owens will be sentenced on Friday. The source notes that details of the case are distressing.
