 Andrew Burfield, 51, has been jailed for life for the crime ( PA) They said: 'The 22nd of April 2022 is a date not one of us will ever forget, it is the day our beautiful Katie was stolen from us by Andrew Burfield. 'When the messages were received that afternoon we knew immediately something was not right. Katie would never have left her children like that and there was all sorts going through our heads. 'We went out looking for her almost straight away and we sensed then Burfield was behind it. 'We then went through a full week of torture whilst the police searched for her. I cannot describe the anguish of not knowing where Katie was. Who could she be with? Where was she? Was she alive? Was she locked away somewhere and could not get out? We lived in hope that she would be found alive and that she was safe, it was a coping mechanism but with each police visit and the passage of time we){kind=link}
The family of Katie Kenyon have spoken of their torture caused by her murderer Andrew Burfield who axed her to death and left her body in a shallow grave in a forest
The family of a beloved mum of two axed to death and abandoned in a makeshift grave have spoken of their “torture” caused by her cruel murderer.
Andrew Burfield, 51, was today sentenced to life in prison for the murder of Katie Kenyon and will serve at least 32 years.
In the wake of the murder Burfield sent text messages to her family in a ruse to suggest she was still alive but was later arrested by police and accused of murder.
Earlier this week he had changed his plea to guilty with the judge describing him as “highly dangerous”.