Haunting image shows man and girl, 18, moments before he murdered her for refusing to have sex with him

A man has received a life sentence after he strangled a teenager and left her body in a reservoir.

Lewis Haines, 31, murdered Lilly Sullivan, 18, after she refused to have sex with him. The pair met inside a nightclub in Pembroke, south-west Wales, just before Christmas last year.

They had kissed after meeting in the Out nightspot on December 16 and later went to a nearby alleyway together where they became more intimate. But Swansea Crown Court heard how Haines had killed the teenager after she refused his sexual advances. She was later found face down and topless in Mill Pond, a two-mile-long freshwater reservoir nearby, near the alleyway.

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After murdering Lily, Haines walked past his victim's mother as she waited to pick her daughter up from a nearby garage. He admitted to murdering Miss Sullivan but denied any sexual misconduct.

However, following trial, Judge Paul Thomas QC said that it was clear that after spending around an hour in an alleyway together, Haines had become "frustrated" and attacked Miss Sullivan.

Some of her possession - a tobacco tin, mobile phone, and leather jacket - were later found on the ground in the lane. Haines made Miss Sullivan walk to the lake, which was a short distance away, and "forcibly" remove her cream lace top.

He later claimed that the victim had threatened to accuse him of rape. Judge Thomas added that while parts of the defendant's story held an "element based in truth", he had a "great deal to lose".

“He strangled Lily in order to prevent her telling people he had tried to get her to go further than she was willing,” Judge Thomas said. “His intention was to silence her. He didn’t want