Michael Mullen Sentenced to 35 Years for Raping & Killing 2-year-old Niece

**Nell** · January 22nd, 2009, 04:15 PM

The uncle of two-year-old Casey Leigh Mullen was today told he must serve a minimum of 35 years after pleading guilty to her rape and murder.

Michael Mullen, 21, showed no emotion at Leeds Crown Court as Mr Justice Simon said he was "a very dangerous man capable of lethal and violent sexual crimes against children".

Mullen was arrested after the toddler was found in a pool of blood at her home in Oak Tree Crescent, Gipton, Leeds, on February 11.

The judge said: "At about 7.45pm on Sunday February 11 this year after an afternoon of drinking your arrived with your brother at Oak Tree Crescent.

"At some stage you went upstairs alone and you entered the bedroom of Casey Leigh Mullen.

"There you raped her and then killed her.

"Those bare outlines are dreadful enough, but what is particularly horrifying about this crime is that she was your niece and she was a child of two years and two months.

"The strong likelihood is that you covered her face with your hand while you were raping her.

"You then strangled her with a ligature which you applied to her neck for not less than 30 seconds.

"The rape and murder of this little girl by someone she trusted and loved were appalling crimes."

He said Mullen was two and a half times over the legal limit for driving at the time of the crime and accepted that this would have disinhibited him to some extent.

The judge continued: "You are a very dangerous man who is capable of lethal, violent, sexual crimes against children and you will continue to be so for the foreseeable future."

The court heard how an image of the little girl was found on Mullen's phone, naked from the waist down.

Police also found sexual images of children on his computer downloaded between October last year and February.

The judge said: "Police investigations have shown that you had used your computer to download indecent images of children and images of sexual abuse of children."

One of these images involved sadism, the court heard.

The judge continued: "It's clear that these offences were aggravated by strong paedophilic urges."

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**theskyisfalling** · January 22nd, 2009, 04:21 PM

If that was my child, I don't care if you were my brother or not! I would have killed you before the police would have ever gotten there.

**Just my luck sucks** · January 22nd, 2009, 04:42 PM

35 years is not enough. Don't they have the DP in that country?

**Peeperann** · January 22nd, 2009, 04:46 PM

Originally Posted by theskyisfalling

If that was my child, I don't care if you were my brother or not! I would have killed you before the police would have ever gotten there.

Amen to that. Even if it weren't my child and I found him, he'd be dead before anyone could get there.

He had naked pics of her on his phone too?

I have to go puke..............

**Silvahalo** · January 22nd, 2009, 06:55 PM

Casey Leigh Mullen

A toddler murdered in her bedroom while her mother was downstairs had been monitored by social services as a baby.

Casey Leigh Mullen, two, was found in a pool of blood by her mother on Sunday evening. She had been strangled.

Police were yesterday questioning a 21-year-old man - thought to be Casey's uncle Michael Mullen - on suspicion of murder and serious sexual assault.

The grim discovery was made by Casey's mother, Samantha Canham, also 21, at the council house in the Gipton area of Leeds where she lived with boyfriend David Mullen and three-year-old son Darren.

Neighbour Sarah Pringle, who had gone round to the house for a cup of tea, told how Miss Canham - known as Sammy - went upstairs to check on her daughter.

The next thing she heard was her friend screaming: 'She's dead, she's dead. Someone's killed Casey.'

Miss Pringle, 22, said she rushed in to find Casey covered in blood and her mother shaking uncontrollably.

'Sammy was too shocked to give her mouth-to-mouth so I did it while we waited for an ambulance,' she added.

Casey was taken to the city's St James's Hospital but was pronounced dead soon afterwards.

Two men, believed to be Casey's 20-year-old father and his 19-year old brother Lee, were arrested but released yesterday without charge.

As detectives continued to question the third man, a post-mortem examination identified the cause of death as 'compression of the neck'.

Floral tributes to an 'angelic' child known to neighbours as a 'little smiler' built up outside the family home yesterday as the community expressed its shock and grief.

Leeds City Council said its social workers had been involved 'briefly' with Casey's family in 2005 when she was a baby but not since.

However friends and neighbours revealed the couple had a stormy relationship, marred by rumours of violence and drugs as well as of neglect of their daughter.

Jenny Mackwell, 19, who has known Miss Canham since primary school, said: 'A couple of years ago there was all this screaming and rowing and someone reported them to social services. But I think the kids were fine when they checked.

'Casey was a real bundle of joy with lovely blonde hair and blue eyes - she was always smiling. Prison would be too good for whoever did this to her.'
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'The hospital must have contacted social services. Anyone that knows Sammy knows she would not hurt her kids. She adores them. It was just a silly mistake.'

Miss Leatham said her friend was under sedation. 'To be in the house while your daughter is killed must be every mum's worst nightmare.'

complete article...
http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/a...,+2/article.do

**Silvahalo** · January 22nd, 2009, 07:01 PM

I'm ready for vigilante justice on this one...I won't say a word.

I can't imagine what it would have been like to be a juror on this case. The bare description on what happened and how little Casey was found, make me so enraged. I think every fucking pieceofshit baby raper/killer should have his dick cut off and handed to them.
I cannot express strongly enough how I abhor these monsters.

My heart goes out to the mother, I would have lost my mind finding my baby that way. Seriously, I would have killed my brother.

Little Casey, you were just a sweet, wee one beginning life. I know with out a doubt, you are now an angel lighting up the heavens...kisses sweet one.

**hunnie** · January 22nd, 2009, 08:14 PM

damn....and he took a snap shot to remember
I wish i hadn't seen the little ones picture....that was tuff to handle...

**Abroad** · January 25th, 2009, 11:14 AM

Originally Posted by Just my luck sucks

35 years is not enough. Don't they have the DP in that country?

Nope. They don't.

But this case is among the handful that will get trotted out time again by the people who would like to change that.

I should add that I am against the DP on principle, myself. I think killing is wrong, and I think a State that indulges in killing is as good as telling its populace that they can go ahead if they have a good enough reason. And in consequence of this I think it could be argued that DP makes the average citizen less safe rather than more.

I struggle with my convictions when I read a story like this one.

**Rockin Ma** · January 25th, 2009, 11:51 AM

'The hospital must have contacted social services. Anyone that knows Sammy knows she would not hurt her kids. She adores them. It was just a silly mistake.'

I'm confused. Does this apply to DCF in 2005? There wasn't any mention of hospital then, just screaming. If now, I don't understand silly mistake.

**Unamused Cat** · January 26th, 2009, 02:15 AM

I would be quite happy to watch him slowly hang, after being bloody sodomized. Yah, that would work for me.

**Morgana** · January 26th, 2009, 06:57 PM

I'm actually surprised at 35 yrs....The UK cases have the least amount of jail time for the worst crimes ever!!!! So for them, this is big.

But this guy is sick as shit and when he got out on bail, the mother herself should of killed him, and probably the father...I don't believe they left together and he didn't know his brother was a deviant all along! She should of killed them both under duress and the UK courts probably would of gave her like 4 years under the circumstances and the trash would of been taken out.....