The tormented mother of murdered Bradford prostitute Caroline Creevy vented her anger at her daughter's vicious killer in a heart-rending letter penned as she sat facing him in court.

Today, the Telegraph & Argus publishes that letter at her request to show the sheer anguish she suffered at the horrific killing of her daughter and her revulsion at the callous way evil Kenneth Valentine lied to hide his heinous crime.

"Yes, Valentine. Just think when you are standing there, so unfeeling and straight-faced, just what heartache you have brought to my family.

Did you think that no one cared about her? Did you think that she was just a piece of filth you could dispose of as you like?

Why, oh why, did you hurt my little girl?

What perverted pleasure did you get from overpowering her, beating her, and then putting your evil hands around her throat and squeezing until there was no life left in my baby?

What pleasure you must have got from keeping my lifeless baby in your flat all those hours while you mused how to dispose of her.

You thought you had the perfect answer in dragging her into that drain, didn't you? You thought that her body would just disintegrate after the rats had finished with her, didn't you?

Well, Valentine, you were wrong. You see, my baby had friends - friends who missed her when she was suddenly not around.

Did you really think you would get away with it? You see, you are not as clever as you think you are.

Now it's your turn to suffer."

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