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    ‘Merciless’ killer who knifed stranger in the heart jailed for at least 25 years

    by Matthew Cooper Apr 16, 2024 4 minutes

    A teenage killer who walked into a house and stabbed a stranger in the heart in a “chilling” attack has been jailed for life with a minimum term of 25 years.

    Daniel Rounce was ordered to remain in handcuffs in the dock at Leicester Crown Court as a judge described the inexplicable and “merciless” killing of 79-year-old Gerald Wickes as a “truly wicked” offence.

    Rounce, of The Green, Markfield, near , was found guilty by a jury on Monday after offering no account of how and why he killed Mr Wickes at the pensioner’s former partner’s house.

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