Jamie Reynolds pleads guilty to murdering Georgia Williams
A man today admitted murdering West Midlands teenager Georgia Williams.
Jamie Reynolds, 23, strangled the 17-year-old before dumping her body in woodland in?Wales and fleeing to Scotland.
The judge warned Reynolds he could spend the rest of his life behind bars.
And he said 'extreme' evidence of the case will never be revealed as it could cause the public 'untold distress'.
The dramatic last-minute plea change spared Georgia's family the ordeal of a trial by jury which was expected to last three weeks. Reynolds had previously denied murdering Georgia at his home in Wellington, Shropshire on Sunday, May 26, this year.
But in the dock today, he replied 'guilty' when the charge was put to him again.
The Williams family this afternoon released a statement.
They said: "The pain we feel is as raw now as it was when our beautiful Georgia was taken from us back in May. We will never ever be able to make any sense of what happened, or why it happened to a young woman as caring, kind and generous as our Georgia.
"Today's guilty plea gives us no satisfaction at all; we do not and will never understand the heartbreaking events of earlier this year that changed our lives for ever."
Wearing a dark grey suit, striped shirt and dark purple tie and glasses, Reynolds, spoke only to confirm his name and give his plea. Judge Mr Justice Wilkie said 'extensive psychiatric reports' had been carried out on Reynolds and he had to consider if his was an 'appropriate case for a full life term'.
The judge adjourned the hearing until December 19 for sentencing.
