DM, “A final insult from the murderer who stabbed his housemate and the man’s girlfriend to death in a row over a hot shower. Killer raises his middle finger to victims’ families as he is jailed for life”, 26 Oct 2016:

Violent grandfather was living with one of his victims when they argued

He stabbed man and his girlfriend to death before claiming self-defence

Killer was jailed for life today after he was convicted of the double murder

He raised his finger at the public gallery as he was handed 30-year term

Christian, who grinned as his victims’ families’ statements were read to court, raised his middle finger to the public gallery today as he was ordered to serve at least 30 years behind bars. He swore at his victims’ families as he was led away to start a life sentence today…

Naomi Toro, who hid the knife for Christian, was handed a one-year sentence.

Ibid: A lodger who murdered his housemate and the man’s girlfriend after a row over hot water has been jailed for life.

Foster Christian, a 54-year-old grandfather, slaughtered mother-of-three Natasha Sadler-Ellis and fishmonger Simon Gorecki in a horrific knife attack.

Ms Sadler-Ellis, 40, was stabbed in the heart and through her forehead, while 48-year-old Mr Gorecki suffered five wounds, one of which penetrated his lung. Both died at the scene in Canterbury, Kent in March.

Those gathered in the court’s gallery cheered as he was taken down to the cells to start his sentence.

Police released two computerised images of the horrific wounds he inflicted on his victims after Christian was convicted of the two murders.

Christian was also convicted of unlawful violence over the stabbing of Ms Sadler-Ellis’s 20-year-old son Connaugh Harris, who later tried to save his mother as she lay dying on the floor.

The row is said to have broken out when lodger Christian turned on a kitchen tap while Mr Gorecki was showering, triggering a change in temperature.

Christian, who grinned as his victims’ families’ statements were read to court, raised his middle finger to the public gallery today as he was ordered to serve at least 30 years behind bars.

He swore at his victims’ families as he was led away to start a life sentence today

When Mr Gorecki told him to turn it off, Christian allegedly told him: ‘F*** off you mug’.

Christian claimed he mistakenly killed his victims while defending himself in an ensuing row, but the jury rejected his claims.

The court heard there had been ‘tensions’ in the house before Christian’s murderous rampage, which had previously ‘spilled over’ into physical attacks.

Judge Stuart-Smith told Christian: ‘When you made his shower go cold, Mr Gorecki swore at you and you swore back at him.

‘Drink may have explained why Mr Gorecki didn’t leave the argument. Nothing at all begins to justify what you did later. Your allegation Mr Gorecki came at you with a knife was a lie.

‘What you did was way over the top. It was literally a murderous attack. Your evidence that you didn’t know you had the knife in your hands was untrue.’

The judge added: ‘What you did went beyond any reasonable bounds of possible self-defence. I don’t know if you have ever stopped pitying yourself.

‘You have blown apart the mother of Natasha Sadler-Ellis. Natasha’s children have lost their mother. Her five-year-old child cried for her mum every night.