Twisted schoolgirl who tortured gran to death when she was just 14 and dumped body in canal is released from jail
A TWISTED schoolgirl who tortured a gran to death when she was just 14 has been released from jail.
Sarah Davey befriended Lily Lilley then murdered her at her home in Failsworth, Greater Manchester.
The teen and pal Lisa Healey gagged the 71-year-old so tightly her false teeth were shoved down her throat and squirted her with shampoo during the campaign of torture.
They also cut Lily’s legs with a knife and chucked treasured family photos in the bin before making hundreds of calls from her phone and using the gran’s pension money to buy crisps and chocolate.
After killing Lily, the evil pair put her body in a wheelie bin before dumping her in a canal.
Davey was handed an indefinite life sentence in 1999 for the “unspeakably wicked” murder.
She was first released in March 2013 but has since been recalled to prison seven times for breaching the terms of her licence.
The Parole Board confirmed Davey is back on the streets once more after being freed again last month.
She was last sent back to jail in 2022 and lost a parole bid after opioid painkiller subutex was found in her body.
The killer was just 14 when she murdered Lily in 1998 after the gran invited her in for a cup of tea.
She and Healey trashed her home by writing their names on the walls and carving them into the furniture.
Sentencing the pair, Mr Justice Sachs said: “You have both been convicted of an act of unbelievable cruelty. Two young girls for totally pathetic reasons destroyed a frail old lady in order to get her house.
“What you did was unspeakably wicked.
“You have not shown the slightest trace of remorse or regret. You are both hard young women who have committed a terrible crime which almost defies belief by right-thinking people.”
Davey will now be under strict conditions and could be imprisoned again if she breaches these.
The Parole Board confirmed they released her following a hearing.
A spokesperson said: “Parole reviews are undertaken thoroughly and with extreme care. Protecting the public is our number one priority.”
