Life for the lesbian hating killer

A steelworker who murdered his lesbian flatmate and showed his hatred of her sexuality by mutilating her genitals jailed for at least 23 years. Irishman Michael Purcell, 53, broke into the locked room of 49 year-old Imelda Molina and knifed her at least 48 times in the back, chest and groin. Her half-naked body was discovered minutes later by her distraught partner Amalia Valdez at their home in Cricklewood, northwest London. Purcell, who owed £8,000 to the taxman, claimed to…