Evil fantasies of Georgia Williams' murderer

As Reynolds dramatically changed his plea to guilty on the first day of his trial at Stafford Crown Court, the sickening details of the evidence against him was outlined.

The 23-year-old admitted strangling the 17-year-old at his home in Avondale Road, Wellington.

Today it can be revealed he was warned by police five years ago regarding his conduct towards another young woman.

Judge Justice Wilkie said he would consider if Georgia's murder was "an appropriate case for a whole life term".

Reynolds today remains in custody until he finds out his fate at his sentencing at the same court on December 19.

The court heard that evidence against Reynolds included photographs he took before, during and after Georgia's death.

He also stockpiled up to 50 pictures of girls he had found on social networking sites whose heads he had superimposed onto explicit images.

He had also written down his sick fantasies in stories and frequently viewed pornography depicting extreme violence.

Judge Justice Wilkie said: "Some details are of such a nature for it to be given wider publicity would cause untold distress."

The eleventh-hour plea change has spared Georgia's family the ordeal of a trial by jury which was expected to last for two to three weeks.

Reynolds had previously denied the murder, which happened on Sunday, May 26, this year.

But in the dock yesterday, he replied "guilty" when the charge was put to him again.

Wearing a dark grey suit, striped shirt and dark purple tie and glasses he spoke only to confirm his name and give his plea.

Throughout the hearing, Reynolds – whose dark curly hair, small goatee beard and moustache were cropped short – sat with his head bowed.

Georgia's father Stephen Williams, a detective constable with West Mercia Police, was joined by his wife Lynnette and Georgia's older sister Scarlett.

Reynolds showed no emotion as he confessed to murdering Georgia.

Georgia's family released a statement following the court hearing. They said the guilty plea gave them no satisfaction as it would never alter events that had changed their lives for ever.

They added: "The pain we feel is as raw now as it was when our beautiful Georgia was taken from us back in May. We will never ever be able to make any sense of what happened, or why it happened to a young woman as caring, kind and generous as our Georgia."

Georgia was last seen at 7.30pm on May 26 after telling her parents she was going to visit Reynolds. He was part of her wider group of friends and a similar age to her older sister Scarlett so her parents had no reason to suspect anything was wrong.

When she did not return home, a nationwide search was mounted for sightings of Georgia.

Reynolds was arrested at a budget hotel in Glasgow on suspicion of kidnapping her on Thursday, May 30. He was later arrested on suspicion of murder.

Georgia's body was found in woodland on the Nant-y-Garth pass, in north Wales, near Wrexham, five days after she disappeared. A post mortem examination showed she had died as a result of pressure being applied to her neck between 8pm and 9pm on May 26.

People in Wellington and the wider Shropshire community were devastated by the teenager's death and about 800 people turned out to her funeral at All Saints' Church in Wellington on June 14.

The Georgia Williams Trust was launched to continue the teenager's legacy and raise money for other young people to take part in the sort of adventurous activities she loved.

Wristbands printed with the trust slogan Free Your Spirit – Join In and the image of a ferret, after Georgia's nickname, sold out in weeks and a second batch of 10,000 was released.

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