A violent pervert obsessed with pornography and snuff films has been sentenced to life in prison for the brutal rape and murder of his 12-year-old niece.
John Maden, 37, of Manchester, England, lured his adolescent niece Tia Rigg to his home by pretending he needed her to baby-sit his 10-year-old daughter, the BBC reports.
Just 45 minutes later, she was dead.
Maden drugged her with pills and proceeded to abuse and kill her, stabbing her in the stomach and strangling her with a guitar string.
Police came to the scene to find Rigg's naked body with her hands tied behind her back.
They also found two knives and a sex toy nearby.
In a chilling emergency call, Maden revealed his crime to the operator, saying, "My niece has been murdered by me...I have just finished killing her now," according to the Daily Mail.
When the operator asked why he had done it, he responded, "Because I felt like it."
"It was murder purely for his sexual gratification - it had a sexual motive," prosecutor Gordon Cole argued during Maden's trial. "The facts reveal clearly features of torture, rape, physical abuse and the ultimate murder of a child."
Maden, unemployed, had downloaded over 2,000 explicit pornographic images from the Internet, including violent and graphic child pornography.
He was also reportedly obsessed with snuff films -- real-life murders caught on tape - and searches of his computer revealed he had done in-depth research on killing.
"This material and the subsequent discovery of Tia reveals that this defendant was acting out a long-held fascination with rape, torture and abuse of children," Cole said. "He reenacted scenes from his collection of pornographic material."
After his arrest, the Daily Mail reports, Maden claimed he heard a "bad voice" in his head "controlling him and telling him what to do."
Justice Brian Keith, who sentenced Maden to life in prison on Tuesday, called the crime "horrific" and "premeditated."
"It is inescapable that Tia Rigg died because you decided to realize your fantasies about torturing and killing a young child," Keith said. "The fact that you chose your 12-year-old niece who had put her trust in you made what you did all the more unspeakable."
Maden will not be eligible for parole.<!-- / message --><!-- sig -->
John Maden, 37, of Manchester, England, lured his adolescent niece Tia Rigg to his home by pretending he needed her to baby-sit his 10-year-old daughter, the BBC reports.
Just 45 minutes later, she was dead.
Maden drugged her with pills and proceeded to abuse and kill her, stabbing her in the stomach and strangling her with a guitar string.
Police came to the scene to find Rigg's naked body with her hands tied behind her back.
They also found two knives and a sex toy nearby.
In a chilling emergency call, Maden revealed his crime to the operator, saying, "My niece has been murdered by me...I have just finished killing her now," according to the Daily Mail.
When the operator asked why he had done it, he responded, "Because I felt like it."
"It was murder purely for his sexual gratification - it had a sexual motive," prosecutor Gordon Cole argued during Maden's trial. "The facts reveal clearly features of torture, rape, physical abuse and the ultimate murder of a child."
Maden, unemployed, had downloaded over 2,000 explicit pornographic images from the Internet, including violent and graphic child pornography.
He was also reportedly obsessed with snuff films -- real-life murders caught on tape - and searches of his computer revealed he had done in-depth research on killing.
"This material and the subsequent discovery of Tia reveals that this defendant was acting out a long-held fascination with rape, torture and abuse of children," Cole said. "He reenacted scenes from his collection of pornographic material."
After his arrest, the Daily Mail reports, Maden claimed he heard a "bad voice" in his head "controlling him and telling him what to do."
Justice Brian Keith, who sentenced Maden to life in prison on Tuesday, called the crime "horrific" and "premeditated."
"It is inescapable that Tia Rigg died because you decided to realize your fantasies about torturing and killing a young child," Keith said. "The fact that you chose your 12-year-old niece who had put her trust in you made what you did all the more unspeakable."
Maden will not be eligible for parole.<!-- / message --><!-- sig -->
