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ITN Productions for Channel 5
Joanna Dennehy had a troubled life. Born in St. Albans, Hertfordshire, in August 1982, Dennehy left home at age 16 when she ran off with her boyfriend, 21-year-old John Treanor. But as complicated as her upbringing was, no one could have predicted just how dark a path she would take.
During a 10-day spree, Joanna Dennehy killed two of her roommates and her landlord before attempting to butcher two more men she randomly encountered walking their dogs.
Her overall goal was to — along with her accomplice Gary Richards — murder nine men in total, to be like the infamous duo Bonnie and Clyde. Although she attempted to kill two more men, she failed and fell short of her intended number. The police in charge of bringing Dennehy to justice, witnesses and neighbours will chart the story which led to her murderous spree. Dennehy took the lives of three men, dumping their bodies in farmers ditches. She remains one of very few women to have ever been given a whole life sentence without the possibility of parole.