By Martin Robinson PUBLISHED: 04:48 EST, 15 May 2013 | UPDATED: 08:17 EST, 15 May 2013 Child murderer Stuart Hazell is 'worse than Ian Huntley' because he killed a member of his own family, Tia Sharp's grandmother said today. Christine Bicknell, 47 sobbed as she said she had loved the convicted drug dealer and had no idea she was living with a 'monster' for five years. 'People portray him as Ian Huntley. But no, he's worse than Ian Huntley. OK, he took two little girls that he knew but Stuart took his step grand daughter - that makes him worse,' she told ITV's This Morning.
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Couple met in 2007 and Christine Bicknell believed he was the 'perfect man'
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Killer had earlier been in short relationship with Tia's mother Natalie, 31
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Hazell's time in care, on streets and in jail made Christine feel 'sorry for him'
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'Now I know nothing would have changed that man – and he can’t blame his actions on what others did to him. He was rotten to the core,' she said
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