Obsessed weirdo stabbed hair stylist to death then staged kinky sex scene to cover his tracks
Glynn Williams, 53, sat and watched as Sian Roberts, 36, bled to death in her home near Salford, Greater Manchester
AN obsessed weirdo has stabbed a hair stylist to death before staging the murder scene to look like she died after a kinky sex game.
Glynn Williams, 53, who was said to be ''madly in love'' with Sian Roberts, brutally knifed her four times in her home in Higher Broughton, near Salford, Greater Manchester, after it is believed she noticed he had stolen her watch and necklace.
Williams coldly watched as his victim lay bleeding to death before placing a vibrator and a pair of hand cuffs next to her body to throw cops off his trail.
He also placed the murder weapon in Sian’s own hand to make it seem like she had stabbed her killer before he fled.
The mum-of-one was found dead later by her ex Joel Gordon, who rang 999.
Williams was eventually caught after his bloodied footprints were found at the scene.
He denied murder, claiming Joel was the real killer – but was convicted after a five-week trial and was jailed for life with a recommendation he serve at least 21 years behind bars.
The victim's family sighed with relief at Manchester crown court as the verdict was handed down, with Judge Richard Mansell QC calling Williams a “devious, calculated man”.
The judge told Williams: “You have been convicted by a jury of the most callous crime – this was a brutal and utterly pointless murder.
“Nobody knows why you killed Sian but the theft of her belongings may be linked.
“It is perfectly reasonable that when you got back to her house she noticed that these items were missing.
“You took out a knife and stabbed her. You killed her shortly after you had gone back to the house – it occurred in her bedroom next to or on her bed.
“You did this using a long bladed kitchen knife and stabbed her four times.
“Two of the stabs were fatal and you thrust the knife in her chest and then again in a slightly different position.
“She didn't die straight away and she had been alive for some time, lying there bleeding.
“You made no attempt to save her and thought only about yourself.”
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The judge also slammed Williams for his callous attempts to cover up his crimes.
He said: “In the next few hours you did everything you could to confuse the police.
“Not only this but you placed a knife in her hand and made it look like she had stabbed the attacker.
“You staged the scene to make it look as if it was burglary.
“You also placed a vibrator and a pair of hand cuffs at the scene to make it look as if something sexual had occurred.
“You then covered her body with a duvet and pillow and pieces of clothing.
“However, you left your traces of DNA at the scene and were seen by CCTV leaving the back of the property and over a neighbour's fence.
“'This was a callous and cynical act of self-preservation.
“You walked to her friend’s house and although they were all worried about her you kept quiet about her fate.
“You inflicted mental and physical suffering. You sat with her as she lay there bleeding and did nothing.
“You concealed her body and left the house locked and kept quiet about her death for over 36 hours.
“I conclude there was some kind of argument that started up but the infliction of four stab wounds leads me to the conclusion that you intended to kill her.”
The judge also took the time to praise Sian’s relatives for their dignity and composure.
He told them: “I would like to say to the family that I know this was particularly difficult and yet you all behaved with remarkable dignity and restraint.
“I hope you can gain some kind of solace from justice being done.”
The court heard Williams had met Sian through pals and wanted to marry her.
In the weeks before her savage killing in November 2015 he had tried to shower her with jewellery and other gifts, which he had secretly burgled from other people’s houses.
The tragic hairdresser was last seen going into her home with her killer after a fry-up at a local cafe.
Pal Deana Dyce said: “There was nothing sexual between them – maybe in his head.
“He actually did tell me he was madly in love with her and he was going to marry her, but I don't know if Sian knew.
“On that night he couldn't keep still in one spot, it was like he had ants in his pants.
“I actually said 'What's wrong with you?' but never in a million years would I have put it together.
“He said there was nothing wrong.”
Deana said Sian's friends were concerned about her whereabouts when she stopped answering her phone “because it wasn't like Sian to just disappear”.
She added: “Everybody else was worried about Sian but he didn't open his mouth about her.”
During the trial a 999 call made by Miss Robert's innocent ex-boyfriend was played to the jury.
He was repeatedly accused of carrying out the killing by Williams' lawyers during four hours of harrowing cross examination.
But Joel, 36, said defiantly: “I didn't kill her – if I was involved in this I would be in the dock.
“If I was arranging anybody I would have blood all over me.
“You can dirty my character as much as you want – I did not murder Sian, I found the body.”
After the case Supt Bob Tonge, senior investigating officer of Greater Manchester Police, said: “Glynn Williams tried everything to get out of admitting his crimes and his story changed more than once throughout our investigation. This was such a tragedy.”
Sian's daughter Shantay said of her mum: “Your life might have been short-lived but it was most definitely lived.
“After 15 long months in limbo we've finally got justice. My mum – my bestest friend in the entire world – is finally at peace.”
The killing happened just 18 months after another mysterious death in the same house.
A call girl who rented the home was found dead in the garden whilst using the property as a brothel just a year and a half before Sian’s killing.
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