A British man jailed for the gruesome murder of a teenager in Australia has been deported to the UK after being granted parole 15 years into a life sentence.

Christopher Clark Jones, 36, was convicted in 2007 of murdering Morgan Shepherd, 17, after a drunken argument at a home in Brisbane.

Read more about the trial that shocked Australia - a court heard the homeless teenager was attacked by Jones and a mutual friend, James Roughan, and was stabbed 133 times before being decapitated:
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His body was found in a shallow grave in bushland north of Brisbane in April 2005.

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