Coronation St copycat killer locked up for 16 years over hammer attack on mother However, he was was found guilty of the charge following a trial in February, and yesterday sentenced to life in custody by judge Mr Justice Flaux, with a recommendation he serve a minimum of 16 years. He will begin his sentence in a young offenders' institution. Daniel Bartlam started a fire using petrol in a bid to destroy any evidence and commit the "perfect murder" The judge, who lifted restrictions preventing the naming of Bartlam, said he had carried out a "grotesque and senseless killing." He added the murder had "very serious aggravating features," including a high degree of planning, and involved Bartlam attacking his "totally defenceless" mother with a "clear intention" to kill her. Turning to Jacqueline's family in the public gallery, Mr Justice Flaux said: "This has been an absolutely terrible and ghastly case for you. I have been moved by the immense dignity you have shown jury the trial. The judge added that Bartlam had carried out the "shocking and violent murder of a mother," and was "currently extremely dangerous." Bartlam, who shook his head repeatedly during the sentencing hearing, glared at the gallery as he was led away. Prosecutor Shaun Smith said the former public schoolboy had shown "a complete lack of remorse." He added: "His only concern is himself. He now wants to know what his position as far as parole is. Jacqueline had to be identified using dental records because of the blaze with tests revealed she had died after being repeatedly struck. She had suffered lacerations and fractures to the skull and face. Daniel Bartlam was obsessed with Coronation Street killer John Stape Nottingham Crown Court heard Bartlam was "obsessed" with Coronation Street character John Stape - who battered stalker Charlotte Hoyle with a hammer before leaving her body in the wreckage of a tram crash in order to cover up his crime. During Bartlam's trial, Mr Smith told the jury: "You will hear about a young man who immersed himself in a fantasy world; fantasy words he wrote, television drama, films he accessed by the internet and other internet sites. And he did that to such an extent that the prosecution say the boundaries between real life and fiction became very, very tragically blurred. The court heard police found a story the schoolboy had written on his computer just four days before the murder about killing a woman called "Jackie" with a hammer before making the crime look like a break-in and starting a blaze. He thought he had deleted it, but it was recovered by experts. Bartlam initially claimed a masked intruder had murdered his mother and set fire to the house, but the truth emerged while he was on remand at a secure unit. A female resident at the unit had annoyed Bartlam - who then blurted out to a care officer: "I could kill her, just like I killed my mum." Bartlam went on to explain to police that he hit his mother with the hammer because she was calling him "a freak, a f***ing freak" - a term of abuse he said she used frequently. He claimed he lashed out in a rage in a row over a pair of missing trainers - but prosecutors successfully persuaded jurors that Bartlam not only deliberately killed his mother, but had carefully researched and planned the event. The hammer that Daniel Bartlam used to kill his mother The teenager accepted he killed his mother but claimed none of it was planned. Instead he claimed to have lost control due to the fact that her alleged insult was the "final trigger to a culmination of years of argument, lack of emotional warmth and inappropriate parenting." However, Mr Justice Flaux said the pair's relationship was "not untypical what usually happened between mothers and teenage children." Bartlam was found guilty by a unanimous verdict in February after a two-week trial. As he was convicted, the teenager shouted out: "That's wrong. I'll appeal. It isn't over. Bartlam has a younger brother Dominic, now aged six. Their father, Adrian Bartlam, separated from Jacqueline in 2005. The defendant had been privately educated at two schools in Nottingham, but had to be withdrawn because of financial pressures and sent to a a state school. However, Bartlam failed to settle at his new school and in 2010 was referred to a school counsellor following a classroom incident where he became upset and began shouting and screaming at his tie, which he called "Fred," telling fellow pupils that it was "trying to hurt him." He told the counsellor that he sometimes heard voices urging him to hurt people who had upset him. He also described seeing visions of himself killing people with a knife, but never spoke of wanting to harm his mother. And just six weeks before the killing, mental health assessors concluded that Bartlam "demonstrates no mental illness or emergent mental health process" and was judged to be of little or no risk to himself or others. Bartlam initially told police that on the day of the murder he had watched films on his computer through 3D glasses, ate a burger and chips and played with his Xbox before going to bed. He claimed he last saw his mother alive when she left newly ironed clothes in his bedroom. But a neighbour recalled being awoken at 12.55am on April 25 by Jacqueline and Bartlam arguing, with her pleading with her son to "come inside and go to bed." The neighbour then heard Bartlam mumbling to himself in the garden and a shed door being opened and closed. Later the he reported hearing a terrified Jacqueline as though she was being attacked and objects being thrown in a commotion that appeared to last two or three minutes. A short while later the fire service and police arrived at the blazing house with Bartlam and his brother stood outside. Bartlam told officers he had got up to go to the toilet and was confronted by a masked man who hurled a hammer at him before fleeing. He claimed he then found his mother lying on her bedroom floor covered in blood and with flames spreading he panicked and fled the house with his brother and family dog. But police suspicions were soon aroused. A search of Bartlam's bedroom turned up two pieces of paper, one with a drawing of a woman with two knives stabbing her eyes, dripping with what appeared to be blood and containing the words "DIE BITCH" and the second with the words "DEATH TO ALL" written on it. Notebooks found in his bedroom contained writings about sexual abuse, rape and death. Files of websites he had accessed on his iMac computer were mainly violent, pornographic and relating to murder. They included titles 'How to get away with murder', 'Can you get away with murder?' and 'People who got away with murder in shows'. Also found was a deleted story created four days before the real crime in which the main character, called Daniel, who "from around 2012 up to his death in 2047 got away with rape, murder, gbh, robbery and during his teenage years countless vandalisms against his neighbours." The story contained a description of "Daniel" murdering his mother "Jackie" with a hammer, making it look like a break-in and then setting fire to the house and rescuing his brother before getting neighbours to call the police. But during initial police interviews Bartlam insisted he had a good relationship with his mother and had last argued with her three months before she died. He was charged with murder two days after his mother's death. When cautioned he told police "no reply." Bartlam was remanded into the care of the local authority where a month later he inadvertently admitted to the staff member that he had killed his mother. Speaking after the sentencing, Detective Chief Inspector Kate Meynell, of Notts Police, who led the investigation into the killing, said: "The circumstances of this crime are shocking and difficult to comprehend. We know that Daniel spent time planning to kill his mum, and then executed his plan over night. He then attempted to conceal evidence and cover his tracks by making up a story that his mum had been attacked by an intruder. His account did not correlate with other witness accounts so Daniel was arrested. From his computer, we recovered a deleted story about a character called Daniel Bartlam who killed his mother in the exact same circumstances in which Jacqueline was killed. I have personally never dealt with something like this, and as a police officer this was an extremely shocking case, but the biggest impact has of course been on Jacqueline's family. The level of violence, degree of planning and extent of his lies is not only shocking, but it is also chilling that a boy of 14 could do this. You can only imagine the impact that this has had on Jacqueline's family, and having spent time with them throughout the investigation and subsequent legal proceedings, I know this is going to be very difficult, if not impossible, for them to come to terms with. This murder has devastated everyone involved. There is only one person who knows why it happened, and Daniel has lied consistently throughout, making attempts to besmirch Jacqueline's character. Everyone who knew her knew she lived for her children and was a warm, loving mother. Maybe one day Daniel will tell the truth, as there are several gaps that only he can fill. After Bartlam was found guilty, an ITV spokesperson said: "ITV takes careful steps to ensure that pre-watershed drama is appropriate for a family audience, and the Stape murder scenes in Coronation Street were fully compliant. With regards to Trial and Retribution, this is a matter for parents as it is a post-watershed programme and aimed at an adult audience. Jacqueline's parents, who do not want to be named, released a statement on behalf of her family following the sentencing. It said: "Jacqui was a wonderful, loving, and caring woman. She was warm, with a great sense of humour and would always be there to help if anyone was in trouble. When she was born, Jacqui was a beautiful baby with the biggest, bluest eyes. She grew up into a wonderful girl who enjoyed looking after her little sister and watched over her wherever she went. She went on to become a gentle person who tried to do her best by everyone. Jacqui helped teach her nephews before they started school, reading to them and spending lots of time with them. She was patient and kind. She was a determined woman who worked hard to become successful. She worked at the Land Registry and was well respected by her colleagues. But it was her children who really were her life. Daniel attempted to make out during the trial that Jacqui was a bad mother, which couldn't be further from the truth. She loved her boys and would do anything for them. We are a very close family and it is hard to know how to deal with something like this. Twelve years ago we lost the youngest of our daughters and our eldest grandson in a car crash and to have to go through this twice hurts more than words can say. We find it so hard to explain what we are going through. There are no winners here because not only have we lost Jacqui, but we have lost Daniel too because of what he has done. We know it was the right result at court, but trying to understand how a boy you have loved for 14 years can do something like this is so difficult. To find out that Daniel planned to kill his own mother and then hear all the details, it is all so hard to believe. The most difficult part for us and something that only Daniel can answer is, 'Why?' We would like to thank all those who have been there for us throughout the past year, their kindness and support has not wavered and won't be forgotten. Jacqui cared and she loved, and she was most certainly loved by us all. She will be forever missed as our daughter, sister, mother, auntie, great-auntie, godmother and friend.