Double killer must serve at least 39 years

A double killer who slit the throats of his girlfriend and another man within weeks of being released from prison was jailed for at least 39 years. Lee Peacock, 50, murdered Sharon Pickles, 46, before wrapping her body in a duvet and hiding it under the bed on 16 August 2021. The career burglar, who was released from prison on licence on 4 June 2021, then went to the home of Clinton Ashmore, 59, and slit his throat too. He…