A man has been sentenced to life imprisonment after pleading guilty to murdering a woman he met on an online dating site.
Carl Langdell admitted killing 23-year-old Katie Locke on their first date at a hotel in Waltham Cross, when he appeared at St. Albans Crown Court.
Langdell, 26, met Ms Locke, a teacher, through the online dating site Plenty of Fish.
He had lied that he was a lawyer with his own firm. In reality over the previous two years he had increasingly suffered from mental illness and had spent time in psychiatric hospitals.
Life Sentence For Online Dating Site Killer. Victim Katie Locke
Ms Locke was described by her family as a 'lovely young woman'
They went on their first date on December 23, 2015. After spending the evening in London, the pair went back to the Theobalds Hotel in Cheshunt.
Her body was discovered in the grounds the following day. She had been strangled.
When Ms Locke failed to return home, her family identified Langdell through internet searches and contacted him through Facebook.
He had replied saying Ms Locke had left in a taxi and he did not know where she was.
The family then found his address and Ms Locke's father went there desperate to locate his daughter.
When he arrived, he was told Langdell had just admitted to his mother that he had killed Ms Locke.
Langdell, 26, was charged with her murder on Christmas Day, and will serve a minimum of 26 years.
Detective Inspector Fraser Wylie, who helped lead the investigation, said: "I want to be clear that Carl Langdell is a dangerous, evil, manipulative and controlling individual who knew exactly what he was doing that night.
"He painted a picture of being a decent person, including claiming to be a lawyer which he wasn't, and had refined his ways of dating to lure women into his trap."
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