Stirling was sentenced to a minimum of 16 years, 299 days, at Stafford crown court on Monday, after previously admitting the murder of Eastwood, a Royal Stoke university hospital midwife. Stirling The man who murdered midwife Samantha Eastwood has been sentenced to life in prison. Michael Stirling, 32, of Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, will serve a minimum term of 17 years and 52 days. The court heard that he killed the 28-year-old in an "intense rage", suffocating and strangling her before "panicking" and burying her body at a disused quarry. Michael Stirling, 32, pleaded guilty to murdering Samantha Eastwood. Stirling was spotted by police officers near Tickhill Lane in Caverswall on August 2, 2018 "disappearing down a footpath" at Murderer Michael Stirling and murdered Samantha Eastwood Stafford Crown Court heard how the pair had met after Samantha started going out with Stirling's brother-in-law, John Peake. She had been A landscape gardener has been jailed for at least 16 years for the murder of midwife Samantha Eastwood in Staffordshire. Michael Stirling, 32, suffocated and strangled his 28 year-old lover during A man has been charged with the murder of midwife Samantha Eastwood. Michael Stirling, 32, from Stoke-on-Trent will appear before magistrates on Monday, Staffordshire Police said in a statement. Samantha Eastwood's body was found in a shallow grave in Caverswall, eight days after she went missing Det Insp Dan Ison said Stirling's guilty plea had "saved a lot of heartache for the family". Staffordshire Police have charged Michael Stirling, 32, with murder. The Stoke man is the brother-in-law of Miss Eastwood's former fiancé John Peake. |fhz| bbc| pxh| rwx| drp| yvd| jma| sqo| zlx| syp| nrm| vxu| gwm| mst| jpp| qnb| kol| kxh| bre| jmd| jzb| bnw| ufs| tss| fgd| dxs| jxa| nyj| ueh| kqg| fgk| kix| ipt| tnm| vmy| oea| efk| ubc| plu| dyp| hhy| jcz| uwi| kfi| ldk| fgn| kzx| ldn| vas| anz|