This is the moment a teen sex killer was arrested by cops for bludgeoning a Scots dad to death with a hammer. Jack Crawley, 19, was today convicted of the murder of Paul Taylor, 56, at Carlisle Crown Court.
Crawley brutally attacked army veteran Mr Taylor with a claw hammer before trying to dispose of his body by burning and then burying it. The pair had met at a secluded spot outside Carlisle on October 18 last year, before Mr Taylor was declared missing.
On May 1, Crawley disclosed to police that his body would be found at the wildlife watcher’s haven of Finglandrigg Wood, near Carlisle.
Cumbria Police have now released body cam footage of the moment Crawley was first nicked by officers. The force have released two clips of footage following his separate arrests on November 15, 2023, and February 14 this year. A further third clip shows the moment a smirking Crawley is charged over the murder of Mr Taylor.
During his first arrest last November, Crawley can be seen out walking when officers race up to him in a car. On body-cam footage, one officer sitting in the passenger seat of a black unmarked car can be heard shouting “he’s her.”
The cop then gets out of the vehicle as it is ground to a halt and rushes over to Crawley who has his face covered with a snood, and is wearing black hat, whilst casually walking along a street.
Crawley has his hands held behind his back and asks if he can have his earphones taken out by officers. He then asks them to pull down his black snood which is “very annoying”.
Crawley remains calm and silent as he’s told he’s being arrested on suspicion of murder and he can be seen staring blankly ahead. He only speaks when officers ask if he has anything sharp on him or if he has anything in his pockets. He was released pending further enquiries following this arrest, as murder cops continued their probe.
The next clip, taken in February, shows Crawley pictured inside a police station, dressed in green and yellow overalls standing at the front desk as police tell him he is being arrested on suspicion of the murder of Paul Taylor.
Crawley barely speaks and mutters a “yes” when asked his name. At first he faces the officer filming on body-cam footage and he slowly nods when Mr Taylor’s name is mentioned. The killer then turns away from the officer and slowly nods his head again. When he’s asked if he understands everything he simply replies “yes”.
The third clip, taken on March 11 this year, sees Crawley chillingly smirking and laughing whilst charges are read out. Again Crawley is pictured in green and yellow overalls whilst standing at the front desk of a police station.
Someone in the station can be heard loudly shouting in the background throughout the clip. When Crawley is prompted to reply to the charges by officers, he replies.
While the man in the background continues shouting, someone is heard telling him: “You’re not helping yourself”. At this point, Crawley steps forward to look round the corner, once again smirking and laughing as he surveys the scene.
Crawley faces life behind bars after he was convicted unanimously by jurors. His claims of a carjacking gone wrong and trying to break up Mr Taylor’s body with a mallet after death and burning was blown apart by damning forensic evidence. He denied prosecution suggestions that he had a fascination with serial killers.
Mr Justice Goose told jurors he agreed with their verdicts, and said he would sentence Crawley later this week. He told the murderer: “You have now been convicted of the counts as the jury have found, and you are to be sentenced on Wednesday at 11 o’clock. You will be brought to court for that purpose.”
Crawley remains remanded in custody. A second man on trial, 20-year-old Marcus Goodfellow, of Greystone Road, Carlisle, was acquitted of helping Crawley dispose of the Corsa.
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