A couple who allowed a friend to sleep on their sofa woke up to discover he had savagely murdered a four-year-old boy, stabbing the little boy 30 times.
Psychopath Anwar Daniel Rosser, who the couple thought was a harmless neighbour, had asked to sleep on the sofa after turning up at their house after a night out.
In the early hours, the 33-year-old sneaked upstairs armed with four knives and stabbed Riley Turner to death.
He then crept into another bedroom where the boy’s mother and her partner were sleeping and curled up to sleep on the floor.
The next morning mother-of-three Sharon Smith, 26, was shocked to find Rosser curled up in a ball on the floor next to her, and ordered him to leave.
Moments later her partner, Guy Earwaker, noticed Riley’s light on and went to check his room – only to find it covered in blood and the boy semi-naked and dead on the bed with his throat cut.
Riley had been strangled, repeatedly stabbed and attacked in a sexual manner. Chillingly, Rosser had waited downstairs to hear the anguished screams. He escaped, but was arrested later by police.
Rosser, a former soldier with a history of being violent when drunk, admitted murder at Court. Experts agreed he was not mad but was a psychopath who could commit more ‘acts of sadistic homicide’.
Mr Justice Coulson branded him an ‘exceptionally dangerous man’ who had shown ‘appalling savagery’. He jailed Rosser for life and there were emotional scenes in the public gallery as the judged ordered he remain behind bars ‘for the rest of his natural life’.
Riley Turner was stabbed 30 times as he slept in his own bed after the boy's mother and her boyfriend allowed Rosser to stay at their house
Commenting on the fatal mistake of allowing Rosser to stay in the house, Miss Smith said: ‘I feel so much guilt that my poor son had to go through such horrific things because my kind heart didn’t want to let that monster get beaten up.
‘Now my kind heart cost me my son’s life. The guilt eats me away every day. I don’t look forward to life any more.’
The court heard Rosser had gone to the family’s house after spending the evening in a local pub. He asked to stay overnight – telling the couple he feared people he owed money to were waiting for him to return home and would beat him up.
Miss Smith and other relatives left the court when prosecutor Paul Greaney, QC, detailed the horrific nature of the ‘sadistic’ murder, which had a ‘strong sexual component’.
The court heard that Miss Smith and Mr Earwaker, 23, had been friends with Rosser for a few months, and had shown ‘considerable kindness’ by helping the part-time chef to furnish his nearby flat. There had never been an argument between them.
Rosser had turned up at Riley’s family home after spending the evening drinking. He was described as ‘intoxicated’ but in control, the court heard.
Riley, Mackenzie and 18-month-old brother Tyler were asleep in separate rooms upstairs when the couple went to bed, leaving Rosser to sleep on the sofa.
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