Spalding double murder: 'Youngest ever' couple convicted

Teenagers guilty of killing Elizabeth Edwards and her 13-year-old daughter Katie in a 'cold, calculated and pre-planned attack'

Elizabeth Edwards
Elizabeth Edwards and (right) her daughter, Katie
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Two teenagers have become the youngest couple ever to be convicted of double murder in Britain.

The pair, who cannot be named for legal reason, were 14 when they killed dinner lady Elizabeth Edwards, 49, and her 13-year-old daughter Katie at their home in Spalding, Lincolnshire, in April. The prosecution said it had been a "cold, calculated and pre-planned attack".

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