ROT IN JAIL FOR 37 YEARS

Highly dangerous' killer is caged for bludgeoning dad he met for sex hook-up | Army veteran Paul had his head smashed hammer-wielding fantasist Crawley in by

- CRAIG MCGLASSON

THE grieving family of Paul Taylor say they are serving a life sentence as his murderer was ordered to spend almost four decades behind bars.

Jack Crawley, now 20, was handed a mandatory life term after jurors convicted him of the "unearthly and inhumane" murder of the married dad of two and the attempted murder of a second man.

Mr Justice Goose ruled. Crawley must spend a minimum of 37 years in jail before being considered for release.

Sentencing Crawley, the judge told him: "You are a highly dangerous young man."

Paul, 56, of Annan, Dumfriesshire, had his head "completely smashed in" by hammer-wielding Crawley after they met for a late-night sex hook-up in Carlisle.

Jurors heard the Army veteran and hospital catering manager desperately tried to defend himself from the fatal attack on October 18 last year.

Crawley a former hospital security guard and leisure centre lifeguard-hauled Paul's body into the boot of his own car and drove to woods near the city where he torched and hid the corpse.

He later cleaned the car and tried to sell it for £2000.

For nearly seven months, Paul's family agonised over his whereabouts until Crawley led police to the skeletal remains in May.