Child rapist beat grandmother-of-4 to death 'causing 100 injuries' - then claimed she had fallen in shower

 
 

A child rapist has been jailed for life after beating his partner to death and then claiming she had fallen in the shower.
Gran-of-four Ann-Marie Cropper, 47, was found dead at a flat in Southport in the early hours of Thursday, September 10 last year.


Ian Gordon, 52, denied her brutal murder in a trial at Liverpool Crown Court, despite admitting manslaughter.
But five days into proceedings - after the jury heard doctors found 100 injuries on his victim - Gordon finally confessed.

It can now be revealed that Gordon was locked up for 13 years in May 1998 for raping a child under 13.
Judge Clement Goldstone, QC, said Gordon repeatedly assaulted and threatened to disfigure and kill Ms Cropper in the months prior to her death, reports the Echo.
He said: “You caused her untold physical and mental suffering as a result of your ever-increasing violence, culminating in a sustained and ferocious attack.