rsherdley published Man admits murder of Mapperley children's author and teacher

The man who stabbed a Mapperley children's author and teacher to death has admitted her murder.James McCarthy, previously of Collyer Road, Calverton, faces a mandatory life sentence after entering his guilty plea at Nottingham Crown Court.Julie Semper died from 13 wounds – including one in the abdomen – and had also been strangled.Her body was found at her home, in Magdala Road, by friend Nicky Noyes de Soto on Wednesday, February 4.Today the neighbour, who is now planning to move...