Stepfather convicted of murdering university student stepdaughter

Summarised from 3 outlets · Updated 22 Oct, 13:20 · Archive

Nathan Owens, 34, has been found guilty of murdering his 19-year-old stepdaughter Carla Georgescu at her university halls in Preston.

Nathan Owens, 34, has been convicted of murdering his 19-year-old stepdaughter Carla Georgescu at her student accommodation in Preston in the early hours of February 4. A jury at Preston Crown Court found him guilty of murder, assault causing grievous bodily harm and intentional strangulation after deliberating for just over three hours. Owens had driven more than 100 miles from Hartlepool overnight to reach her student halls on Victoria Street.

Both outlets report that Owens harboured a sexual obsession with Carla. The Mirror reports that he had filmed himself having intercourse with an effigy adorned with her clothes, made other recordings of himself performing sex acts with stuffed toys, doctored childhood photographs of her to make them indecent images and photographed her without her knowledge in their home. He had previously admitted two counts of making an indecent photograph of a child, with Carla as the victim.

Owens remained silent throughout police interviews and refused to give evidence in court. He staged the scene to appear as though Carla had taken her own life, The Mirror reports. When the verdicts were announced, Owens smirked and flicked his hair from the dock. He will return for sentencing on Friday.

How it is being reported

• Man smirks as he's found guilty of murdering stepdaughter he was 'sexually obsessed' withOwens travelled from Hartlepool to Preston before killing Carla in her student bedroom.Daily Express · 22 Oct, 14:07
• ‘Obsessed’ man guilty of murdering stepdaughter after filming sex with effigyNathan Owenshas been found guilty of murdering his stepdaughter Carla Georgescu, who he was 'sexually obsessed' with, at her university halls in PrestonThe Mirror · 22 Oct, 12:55
• 'Sexually obsessed' stepfather convicted of murdering student, 19, at her university accommodation after being 'consumed by jealousy'Nathan Owens, 34, strangled Carla Georgescu in the early hours of February 4 after driving more than 100 miles through the night to her student halls in Preston, Lancashire.Daily Mail · 22 Oct, 11:57

In this story: Nathan Owens · Carla Georgescu · Preston · University of Lancashire · Hartlepool

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