L5B - saw mark in bones case studies

What is the Adam morrell case?

Adam Morrell​

• Age 14​

• November 2002​

• Loughborough in Leicestershire​

• Assault and Murder by gang​

• led by Matthew Welsh, age 19 ​

How did the events occur in the Adam Morrell case?

• A group of friends had been drinking and taking ecstasy before the attack​

• Adam threatened to report their drug-taking to police ​

• Kicked and punched over a period of several hours​

• suffered more than 280 injuries to his body during an assault​

• Strangled​

• Body cut up with saw in bath​. Parts placed in black refuse sacks

• Three days after Adam’s death, a group walking by the Grand Union Canal in the town found a black plastic bag wrapped in silver tape, floating in the water. ​

What was the verdict of the Adam Morrell case?

• Matthew Welsh(19)​

• the dominant figure in a gang​

• Guilty of murder ​

• Sarah Morris (17) ​

• Guilty of assault but cleared of murder​

• Daniel Biggs (19)​

• cleared of both murder and assault​

• Nathan Barnett, (27) ​

• pleaded guilty to manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility at an earlier hearing.​

• All four pleaded guilty to conspiring to pervert the course of justice​

What was the Anthony whitefield case?

• Anthony Whitefield​

• Age 47​

• Reported missing February 2011​

• Murdered by Douglas Binet (54)​

• had been taking cocaine since 2002​

• began selling the drug to fund his own addiction ​

• led to him mixing with a network of drug users and dealers​

Anthony Whitefield was also involved in drug dealing and had sold Binet cocaine since 2010​

How did events occur in the Anthony Rightfield case?

• severed arms were found in a lake in Buckhurst Hill, Essex.​

• right arm was found by a fisherman in the lake on 31 March ​

• left arm was discovered by police divers on 2 April.​

• torso and legs discovered in Binet's rear garden in Hanson Drive, Loughton, Essex​

• head has never been found.​

What is the John Brian Cogan case?

• 49-year-old​

• March 2011​

• Dismembered and found in garden of house​

• Flamborough Road, Thurnby Lodge, Leicester​

• Murdered by Margaret Heeley (55)​

• of Flamborough Road, Thurnby Lodge, Leicester ​

• And neighbour Mark Postles (56)​

Who is the jigsaw man?

• Jeffrey Howe

• Age 49​

• Kitchen Salesman from North London​

• Murdered March 2009 ​

• by Stephen Marshall, age 38​

• Doorman with background in gang violence​

Where did the jigsaw man scatter body parts?

Body parts scattered in multiple locations across Hertfordshire and Leicestershire​

• A left leg with the foot attached ​

• lay-by on the A507 Cottered ​

• wrapped in blue plastic bags. ​

• left forearm, dismembered at the elbow and wrist​

• on a grass verge, Wheathamstead ​

• Head ​

• cattle pen in field , Asfordby, ​

• flesh had been removed and the eyes, ears, tongue and neck had been cut off. ​

• right leg​

• Near A10 Puckerdige bypass ​

• in a holdall​

• torso, right arm and upper left arm ​

• ditch near Standon ​

• Inside a green suitcase, the same brand as the holdall ​

• hands have not been found, ​

What is the Lynsdey Bourne case?

• 28 year old, sex worker​

• October 2004​

• Body parts buried on Meanwood Ridge, Leeds​

• Murdered by Stuart Burns, age 30 (also of Leeds)​

• Cut up body using saw​

What occurred in the Lindsey Bourne case?

• 8th October 2004 ​

• Part of human leg found on Woodhouse Ridge, Meanwood, Leeds. ​

• by man walking his dog at​

• The upper part was found the next day by a police dog. ​

• Examination by Pathologist indicated the body parts belonged to the same person, a woman who was probably white and aged 20-30.​

• A detailed search of the woodland set up, including use of Human Remains Detection Dog

• Identification based on identified by a tattoo on her thigh depicting two cherries on a green stalk ​

• Confirmed by DNA​

• Last seen Leeds City Centre 9th September 2004​

• Witness describes man in woods with bag and scratches on his face