Ben Moynihan jailed for 21 years for stabbing women

Ben Moynihan, a teenager who attempted to kill three women because he could not lose his virginity has been jailed for 21 years.

Ben Moynihan, who is now 18, attacked the women at random with a 4 inch kitchen knife aiming for their hearts.

Moynihan, who compared himself to serial killers, also wrote letters for police confessing his crimes.

Ben Moynihan jailed for 21 years for stabbing women

In the letter Ben Moynihan goaded police by saying ‘catch me if you can’ and included a picture of himself at the bottom.

The teenager also warned them they needed to arrest him before he ‘hunts’ for his 4th victim’.

Yesterday Moynihan was jailed for 21 years on Friday for the attempted murder of three woman aged 20, 45 and 67 in Portsmouth in June and July last year.

He used a 4.5-inch kitch knife in the attacks, where he aimed for their hearts.

In a video found on his home computer he were recorded describing his frustration at not losing his virginity.

He said: ‘I think every girl is a type of slut, they are fussy with men nowadays, they do not give boys like us a chance. I am still a virgin, everyone is losing it before me, that’s why you are my chosen target. I just can’t live in this flat, I have no future here. So women, tell me how we should do this.’

He also kept a diary of the attacks.

The teenager, who suffers an autism disorder, was described by judge Mr Justice Jay as demonstrating a ‘gross lack of empathy’.

Sentencing him, he said: ‘The offences were planned and premeditated,” he said. “The contents of your computers were as chilling as they were disturbing.’

Agencies/Canadajournal