THE stepfather of murdered mother-of-two Caroline Coyne says he hopes her killer will never be let out of prison.
As 24-year-old Carl Powell was jailed for life – with a minimum of 20 years – for murdering Caroline as she walked home from a party, her stepdad Jason Stansfield said he was "relieved" at the guilty verdict at Nottingham Crown Court.
But he said: "I hope he stays in jail for the rest of his life.
"The thought of him ever being out again fills me with horror."
Powell had stalked Caroline as she walked back from a family party in Arnold.
He attacked her in Thorneywood, striking her repeatedly on her head, face and upper body.
Caroline, 28, of Top Valley, had tried to flag down cars and was caught on CCTV deliberately stepping in front of a bus during her walk, but no-one stopped to help her.
Mr Stansfield now wants transport organisations and members of the public to sign up to a new code obliging them to help people at risk of crime.
He said "Caroline's Code" could help save lives in the future.
Caroline had two sons, Ethan, now eight, and Cameron, one.
Caroline's mother, Mandy Coyne, said: "Caroline was a beautiful little girl, who grew into a strong-willed and determined young woman.
"She lived for her two sons, and played a big part in our family life.
"Her murder has devastated everyone and it has been so difficult for us all, and especially her boys to understand why their mummy isn't around."
Just a month after the attack on Caroline, Powell targeted a 21-year-old woman who was walking home alone along Carlton Road.
He put his hands around her throat and dragged her into the grounds of the City College site before assaulting her.
Yesterday he was also found guilty of false imprisonment with intent to commit a sexual offence, and sexual assault, in relation to that attack, and given concurrent sentences of four years, and 18 months, respectively.
Police released CCTV of the night Caroline died. The chilling footage shows Powell following Caroline during her last moments. In the second clip he is following her again, and the third clip shows him just six minutes later, running in the opposite direction. Watch as Caroline is followed down the street by Carl Powell on the night of her death in these two videos Carl Powell runs back across the screen, six minutes after he was caught on CCTV following Caroline in clip 2 Watch Carl Powell with his second victim, a woman who he sexually assaulted RELATED ARTICLES: Killer Carl Powell should never go free, says stepdad of murdered Caroline Coyne Two brothers torn apart... and one will never know mum brutally taken away I thought that was it... says woman who survived attack by murderer Carl Powell 'No criticism of police who refused her a lift – only Carl Powell showed her contempt'
