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Teesside Stepdad Smirks as Jury Finds Him Guilty of Murdering Student
Jurors also found Owens guilty of grievous bodily harm after a three-hour deliberation, and he is due to be sentenced tomorrow.
- On Thursday, October 22, 2026, a jury at Preston Crown Court found Nathan Owens guilty of murdering 19-year-old student Carla Georgescu and causing grievous bodily harm after deliberating for three hours.
- Prosecutor Nicholas Lumley told the court Owens drove 100 miles to Preston on February 4, 2026, to 'satisfy his sexual needs, come what may,' deceiving Carla with a false story about retrieving a missing purse.
- Digital forensic evidence revealed Owens harbored a 'despicable' sexual obsession with Carla, including secret photographs and explicit videos of himself with a life-sized effigy clothed in her nightwear, before staging the scene to look like suicide.
- Sentencing for the convicted killer is scheduled for today, Friday, October 23, 2026. Detective Inspector Pete Macdonald said, "No verdict brings Carla back, but I hope that her mum and the rest of her loved ones can feel some sense of justice."
- Justice Jacobs will hand down a life sentence to Owens today, determining the minimum period before he becomes eligible to seek parole, concluding a case decided by unanimous jury verdict in three hours.
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The Independent (US)Man murdered stepdaughter after developing 'perverted' sexual obsession
Nathan Owens killed Carla Georgescu then staged the scene to look like a suicide
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