A sadistic killer who stabbed a homeless teenager 133 times before decapitating him and using his head as a bowling ball has been deported from Australia to the UK. Christopher Clark Jones, 36, was released on parole earlier this month after serving 15 years of a life sentence for the 2005 murder of 17-year-old Morgan Jay Shepherd in Sandgate, north of Brisbane.
Jones, who was born in Tyneside and moved to Australia as a child, never took up Australian citizenship. His visa was cancelled on character grounds by Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton, who described the crime as one of the most 'abhorrent' in Queensland's history. Jones was placed on a private jet by Australian Border Force officials on Monday and is expected to land in London.
The murder occurred in 2005 when Jones and an accomplice killed Shepherd, a homeless teenager. The judge presiding over the trial called it the worst case she had ever heard. Australian Border Force acting Commander Dean Church said non-citizens who commit crimes have no right to remain in Australia and will be removed as soon as possible.
Jones's deportation is part of a series of cases where Australia has sent back British criminals, including Robert Excell, a paedophile deported in 2005, and Arthur Greer, a murderer deported in 2018 after serving 25 years for killing a 14-year-old girl.
