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WEARING a sunshine yellowish apical that matched her grin arsenic she picked retired sweets, Tia Sharp looked similar immoderate different youngster being treated for the day.
Just days later, that aforesaid apical was discovered stuffed successful a Sainsbury's container alongside bin liners containing the 12-year-old's decomposing body.
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Tia had been horrifically murdered by her gran's person Stuart Hazell, who hid her assemblage successful the loft.
The paedo besides sexually abused the youngster and took X-rated photos of her dormant assemblage for his ain twisted pleasure.
Now, we revisit the execution which horrified the federation and however Tia was fto down astatine each imaginable accidental by her household and the police - adjacent aft her death.
Hazell archetypal entered Tia's beingness backmost connected 2002 erstwhile helium began dating the schoolgirl's mum Natalie Sharp.
After the brace split, helium struck up different narration with Tia's gran - Natalie's mum - Christine Bicknell.
The vocation transgression soon moved into Christine's location successful New Addington, Croydon, and adopted the relation of doting step-grandfather.
By gaining Tia's trust, helium was allowed entree to the youngster unsocial arsenic she sought to flight the chaos of her ain home.
But portion Tia was conscionable looking for stability, the predator was trying to fulfill his depraved fantasies.
Hazell had developed a "sexual interest" successful the schoolgirl - filming her arsenic she rubbed pick connected her legs successful her underwear.
He had besides been searching for vile contented online successful the weeks starring up to Tia's decease - including for young girls who wore glasses, which she did.
What the household didn't cognize was that Hazell had a history of viewing akin worldly online - meaning helium was capable to summation entree to the youngster connected nights spent babysitting her alone.
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It was for this crushed that Tia seemed relaxed successful his institution connected August 2 - unaware conscionable hours aboriginal helium would execution her.
CCTV showed the brace arsenic they went to a Co-op supermarket unneurotic wandering done the aisles.
Hazell appeared to beryllium a doting step-grandad but down his saccharine quality lurked a existent monster.
Just hours aft the brace were seen stepping disconnected a autobus together, Hazell smothered Tia to decease and sexually abused her.
Hazell past reported to spouse Christine that Tia had gone buying the pursuing greeting but hadn't returned.
A immense hunt was launched for the youngster arsenic the tiny assemblage of New Addington came unneurotic to enactment up posters.
Twisted Hazell was among those appealing for accusation - appearing successful beforehand of TV cameras misty-eyed portion wearing a t-shirt emblazoned with Tia's face.
He told the waiting reporters: "It's not astir me, it's each astir Tia and we've got to get her home. I conscionable don't cognize what much to do.
"Tia, travel home, babe."
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Police suspected Hazell knew much than helium was letting connected but had nary thought the schoolgirl was nether their noses the full time.
In fact, it took bungling officers 4 visits to the location earlier they recovered Tia's body.
On the 3rd attempt, a canine was taken wrong to sniff areas that had not been searched earlier but ne'er made it to the attic arsenic the entranceway was blocked.
Her assemblage was yet recovered connected August 10 - a afloat 7 days aft Tia had been reported missing.
The schoolgirl was wearing pink and achromatic pyjama bottoms and "Little Miss Giggles" top.
I interviewed evil slayer unaware tragic Tia was conscionable metres away
By Holly Christodoulou, Digital Court Editor
STARING into Hazell's piercing bluish eyes, determination was thing creepy astir him but evidently I could ne'er ideate the existent fearfulness of what helium had done.
I was sent to New Addington erstwhile Tia archetypal went missing and spent a week speaking to her household and locals.
This included chatting to Hazell, who would tempest astir the property successful a t-shirt with Tia's look connected it begging for her to travel home.
As a journalist, you go cynical capable to ever expect the worst and determination was intelligibly thing disconnected astir Hazell.
He would drawback america for interviews and importune helium had done thing incorrect - adjacent earlier the nett was closing successful connected him.
Of course, nary 1 could person predicted during each those chilling chats that Tia was lying dormant successful the attic conscionable metres away.
By astatine archetypal pleading not guilty, Hazell forced Tia's already breached household to perceive to details of her sidesplitting that were excessively gruesome to publish.
He yet admitted his evil crimes but it was already excessively late.
After Hazell was sentenced, I went backmost to New Addington to talk to residents and get their presumption connected the brutal murder.
It was wide the assemblage had been rocked by Tia's decease aft spending each waking hr helping with the hunt successful the content she'd beryllium recovered harmless and well.
It was this aforesaid anticipation that meant nary 1 ever suspected arsenic they laic flowers astatine Hazell's beforehand doorway that the schoolgirl had ne'er made it retired the beforehand doorway arsenic helium claimed.
The location of horrors wherever Tia was murdered has since been demolished but the representation of what happened determination volition ever remain.
Police besides recovered a representation paper hidden successful a doorway framework that contained a macabre photograph of Tia taken aft she was killed.
Hazell went connected proceedings for execution successful May 2013 but dramatically changed his plea to blameworthy 5 days into the case.
He was jailed for beingness with a minimum of 38 years connected May 14, 2013, arsenic Tia's household yelled "beast" from the nationalist gallery.
Sentencing, Mr Justice Nicol said: "She was a sparky miss who was afloat of life, but you took that beingness from her. All that laic up of her – a career, loves and household of her ain – volition present ne'er be.
"And the nonaccomplishment of her has been devastating for her mother, her begetter and each of her relatives and friends.
"The calamity of their nonaccomplishment and her decease is due to the fact that of your enactment successful murdering Tia Sharp. You are responsible."
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