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A Heathrow Airport employee, who was dubbed the Love Bug Killer after utilizing a listening machine to document his housemate’s ‘most intimate moments’ after which murdering her in jealous rage, has been jailed for all times.
Sheldon Rodrigues, 30, was dwelling with Stephanie Hansen, 39, in Hayes, west London ten years after ending a quick relationship.
Ms Hansen was not involved in her housemate romantically however Rodrigues remained obsessed and was livid when she began an affair with married airport warehouseman Celso Cabillan.
Rodrigues arrange an previous telephone of their entrance room, in addition to a bug in Hansen’s bed room, as recording gadgets and spent greater than 100 hours, the equal of just about one week, tuning in whereas working as a cargo agent for American Airways at Heathrow and when he was on vacation to his native Goa.
An enraged Rodrigues tried to get Mr Cabillan, who he labored with at Swissport, fired from his work by emailing his boss from India.
Heathrow Airport employee Sheldon Rodrigues (pictured), 30, who was dubbed the Love Bug Killer after utilizing a listening machine to document his housemate’s ‘most intimate moments’ after which murdering her in jealous rage, has been jailed for all times
He was dwelling with Stephanie Hansen (pictured), 39, in Hayes, west London ten years after ending a quick relationship
The jealous airport employee additionally adopted him residence sooner or later from work.
Rodrigues despatched stunning threats to Hansen’s new lover, who she had met whereas working as a cargo agent for Swissport, together with a message threatening to ‘hunt you down and destroy you’ – however pretending it was from Mr Cabillan’s spouse.
He additionally put a chilling picture of The Joker on his Fb web page with the caption: ‘We cease in search of monsters underneath our mattress after we realise they’re inside us.’
On the night time of Ms Hansen’s demise, her housemate spent a whole nightshift listening in to the couple having intercourse on the bug in the lounge, with CCTV exhibiting him fiddling together with his earphones or touching his telephone over 300 occasions.
The Outdated Bailey that she was so noisy throughout intercourse that she may have been heard wherever in the home.
As he left work on his bike at 6am, Rodrigues stopped to eavesdrop on the bug as soon as extra together with his ‘blood boiling’.
When he returned, Mr Cabillan had gone residence to his spouse and three kids however Ms Hansen was nonetheless in mattress.
Rodrigues rushed into the room and stabbed her a minimum of 20 occasions with a kitchen knife earlier than battering her with a tower fan and her hairdyer.
The obsessed airport employee then spent greater than 24 hours in the home with the physique, ordering pizza and watching TV earlier than ultimately calling the police and making an attempt to border Mr Cabillan.
Rodrigues despatched stunning threats to Hansen’s new lover, who she had met whereas working as a cargo agent for Swissport, together with a message threatening to ‘hunt you down and destroy you’ – however pretending it was from Mr Cabillan’s spouse
Rodrigues rushed into her room and stabbed her a minimum of 20 occasions with a kitchen knife earlier than battering her with a tower fan and her hairdyer
The obsessed airport employee then spent greater than 24 hours in the home with the physique, ordering pizza and watching TV earlier than ultimately calling the police and making an attempt to border Mr Cabillan
Officers discovered traces of DNA on her decrease abdomen prone to have come from her semen.
Rodrigues’s blood was later discovered on her leg.
Rodrigues advised the operator: ‘I’ve simply discovered my housemate’s physique.
‘I’ve simply been in her room. I’ve discovered her in there.
‘I feel her boyfriend has executed one thing to her.
‘He stayed right here two nights in the past.
‘There may be blood spattered everywhere in the room as properly.’
After he was charged Rodrigues wrote a letter to his employers from his cell, telling them to research his rival.
Rodrigues was convicted of homicide by an Outdated Bailey jury in January.
Ms Hansen’s household atttended courtroom in pink garments, the sufferer’s favorite color.
In a transferring sufferer assertion mom Glenda stated: ‘Stephanie is gone and I’m damaged hearted, she is my valuable candy woman, the sensation of loss is unimaginable, the ache and sorrow figuring out I’ll by no means speak to her, maintain her once more, this can be a ache I must reside with on a regular basis.
‘She was a singular individual, she had no boundaries with regard to class and color.
‘She spent spare time cleansing up paths and lakes, she wished to make the world a greater place for others.
‘She had her complete life forward of her, and she or he regarded ahead to getting married and having kids.’
She advised Rodrigues: ‘Stephanie launched you to our household as a buddy she had recognized for a few years, Stephanie trusted you and in flip, we trusted you.
‘I felt content material figuring out Stephanie had you round.
‘Stephanie was a personal individual however your refusal to confess guilt made us sit by way of weeks of torment and made us hear your lies.’
Her brother Russel Hansen stated: ‘I spent 20 years of my life serving my nation and in doing so I’ve been to a number of the most harmful international locations on the planet.
‘Once I was youthful, Stephanie protected me.
‘Regardless of my job, I couldn’t do the identical for her.
‘Folks hold telling me time will heal, however I do not consider that.’
Choose Judy Khan, KC, sentenced Rodrigues to life imprisonment with a minimal time period of 25 years to cheers from the general public gallery.
He advised the killer: ‘On account of your actions, Stephanie Hansen has been disadvantaged of a promising future.
‘Members of her household have been right here all through the trial and are right here right now.
Officers discovered traces of DNA on her decrease abdomen prone to have come from her semen
After he was charged Rodrigues wrote a letter to his employers from his cell, telling them to research his rival
‘They’ve behaved with conspicuous dignity all through.’
The courtroom heard Rodrigues was an introverted pc nerd who liked fidgeting with telephones and devices.
Ms Hansen was a preferred and vivacious Chelsea fan who was passionate in regards to the atmosphere and picked up cuddly hedgehogs.
After his relationship with Ms Hansen led to 2014, Rodrigues’ solely sexual accomplice was the used blow-up doll police present in his room.
He was so obsessive about Ms Hansen that he would sit outdoors the lavatory door cross legged when she was having a shower, begging to return in.
When Ms Hansen went to see her mother and father in Cambridge for Christmas and forgot to take a £3 hat she had purchased for her mom’s canine, Rodrigues jumped on a prepare to deliver it from London.
He bombarded her with a whole lot of whining textual content messages begging for a relationship or to have intercourse ‘one final time’.
However although she had been on vacation to Greece with him earlier within the 12 months, Ms Hansen made it clear she wished nothing to do with him.
Rodrigues even supplied to have cosmetic surgery to alter his look in order that she would discover him extra enticing.
He was paranoid about his penis measurement and requested Ms Hansen if she was seeing him as a result of he had a ‘larger one than me.’
The pair moved right into a home collectively in April 2022.
He had additionally put a chilling picture of The Joker on his Fb web page with the caption: ‘We cease in search of monsters underneath our mattress after we realise they’re inside us’
Rodrigues denied being obsessed and stated he was utilizing the bugs to listening out for burglars as a result of Ms Hansen would usually depart the door unlocked.
He denied however was convicted of homicide.
Rodrigues stared blankly throughout the listening to and confirmed no hint of emotion as he was led to the cells.
