Lorraine Thorpe was born on 1994 and is a British woman who is Britain's youngest female double murderer.
20 Facts About Lorraine Thorpe
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Lorraine Thorpe came to national attention upon her conviction in 2010, when it was noted that she had only been 15 years old at the time of the killings.
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Lorraine Thorpe was sentenced to life imprisonment with a minimum tariff of 14 years' imprisonment, while her accomplice in the murders was issued with a 27-year minimum tariff.
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Lorraine Thorpe remains imprisoned at HM Prison Foston Hall, having been refused parole in October 2023.
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Lorraine Thorpe grew up in poverty, living with her father in a number of "squalid" flats and sometimes in tents.
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Lorraine Thorpe became associated with a group of middle-aged alcoholics who often engaged in violence and regularly fought with each other.
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Lorraine Thorpe came to the attention of social services, but they could not keep track of her, and every time she was placed in a specially-assigned school, she went back to her father.
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Lorraine Thorpe's upbringing was said to have left her as a violent young woman who was highly manipulative.
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Lorraine Thorpe smothered her disabled father with a cushion before kicking him as he lay prone on the floor.
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Lorraine Thorpe later admitted to police that they would find 'her trainer prints on his head'.
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Lorraine Thorpe's body was found only hours after the discovery of Hunt's.
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Clarke and Lorraine Thorpe were convicted of the murders at Ipswich Crown Court on 3 August 2010.
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Desmond Lorraine Thorpe, who was killed days later, had been smothered for reasons known only to Clarke and Lorraine Thorpe.
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Mr Justice Sweeney said that Lorraine Thorpe had in part carried out the attacks as she had been keen to "impress" Clarke.
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Lorraine Thorpe was responsible for protracted kicking, punching and stamping on Rosalyn, who was not fit to defend herself effectively from the outset.
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Lorraine Thorpe's case was compared to those of Sharon Carr, Britain's youngest female murderer who killed aged only 12 in 1992, and Mary Bell, who was 11 when she killed two young boys in Newcastle in 1968.
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The Evening Standard reported that Lorraine Thorpe had joined "a small group of Britain's most evil women killers", including Myra Hindley and Rose West.
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In March 2023, it was reported that Lorraine Thorpe would have her first parole hearing.
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Lorraine Thorpe, who declined to take an active role in the parole board's case review process, was denied release in October 2023, but remains eligible for parole review in the future.
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Lorraine Thorpe's case continues to be referenced in relation to discussions on Britain's youngest female murderers.