The friends of Bradford Good Samaritan mum Janine Dolecki said today her killer should be locked away for life.

Stephen Tillet, 31, was found not guilty of murder but guilty of manslaughter by a 10-2 majority at Leeds Crown Court yesterday.

But friend Caroline Hustwick said: "He deserves life. Burglars can get up to 12 years but this man has killed and has only got six - where's the justice in that?

"He'll be out in four years and he'll have the rest of his life to look forward to whereas we have only got a headstone.."

"Janine was one of those people who could go anywhere and if anyone had a problem she would talk to them and look after them. She would help anyone, anytime."

Mrs Dolecki knew her killer for more than three years before he smothered her in the doorway of her bedroom and cut her throat.

The 40-year-old mother-of-two befriended Stephen Tillett, after he was introduced to her by friends and the pair enjoyed regular chats at their favourite pubs, The Napier and The White Bear, Leeds Road, Bradford.

The two even lived on the same street, Acton Street, Ravenscliffe, before Mrs Dolecki moved to Granton Street, Bradford Moor, in September 1997.

When Tillett was evicted from his home that autumn Mrs Dolecki offered him accommodation at her home, where she would often clean for him and look after his son, Tyrone, seven, when he was out of the house.

Close friend Marie Wheatley said she received a letter from Mrs Dolecki the Christmas before she was killed: "In the letter she mentioned Tillett and said that she was looking after him because he had a drug problem," said Mrs Wheatley.

"She said there wasn't going to be any relationship of any other kind with him at all."

But Tillett, a single man described as having a low IQ by experts, took amphetamines the week before the killing, which took place on January 31.

On that day, Tillett told Mrs Dolecki he wanted to move out and an argument between the two followed.

Then, according to Tillett, he "exploded", and killed her.

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