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Jamie Dack bin body trial: Flat 'cleaned after murder' Jamie Dack bin body trial: 'Photos taken before murder'
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Forensic tests on a flat following the murder of a homeless man whose body was later torched revealed "clear evidence" of a clean-up, a court has heard. Photographs of a bloodied and tortured homeless man were taken on his mobile phone before he was murdered and his body torched, a court has heard.
Fire crews found the charred body of Jamie Dack, 22, in an industrial bin in Southampton on 8 April last year.Fire crews found the charred body of Jamie Dack, 22, in an industrial bin in Southampton on 8 April last year.
An examination of the flat where three suspects were arrested found "extensive" blood stains. Four images were recovered after police found his smashed phone in a bin outside the flat where he was attacked.
Ryan Woodmansey, 31, Andrew Dwyer-Skeats, 26, and Donna Chalk, 21, all deny murder. Ryan Woodmansey, 31, Andrew Dwyer-Skeats, 26, and Donna Chalk, 21, deny murder.
The jury has been told a third man, Lee Nicholls, 28, changed his plea to admit murder while giving evidence during a previous trial, which was then halted. A previous trial was halted when Lee Nicholls, 28, changed his plea to admit murder.
He will be sentenced after the retrial of the remaining defendants.He will be sentenced after the retrial of the remaining defendants.
Experts examined the Bevois Mews flat after the four were arrested on the day Mr Dack's body was found at the Empress Road Industrial estate. The jury heard the group attacked Mr Dack with a baseball bat, bottles and knives in the Bevois Mews flat in Southampton, forcing him to reveal his bank account Pin number and stealing his laptop.
'Blood splatters' They later killed him to prevent him contacting police, Winchester Crown Court heard.
Mr Nicholls, Mr Dwyer-Skeats and Miss Chalk were held at the flat while Mr Woodmansey was arrested later at another address in Southampton. Jurors were shown the phone images of Mr Dack taken before he died showing him first fully clothed and later stripped to the waist with bleeding arm wounds.
Jonathan Fuller, prosecuting, said: "Essentially there was clear evidence of a clean-up having taken place." 'Simmering dislike'
He said Mr Dack's blood was found in the bedroom and kitchen "confirming assaults had taken place there". Jonathan Fuller QC, prosecuting, said: "It must have been after that that those knives went in again and he was killed."
Mr Fuller added there were "low-level blood spatters" in the rooms consistent with him being beaten whilst he was bleeding on or near the floor. Mr Fuller said Nicholls initially wanted to steal from Mr Dack so he could go to a rave in Bournemouth with ex-girlfriend Amber Patterson.
Tests on a baseball bat found on a work surface also revealed blood stains. But Nicholls developed a "simmering dislike" of Mr Dack after Miss Chalk made allegations leading he and Mr Dwyer-Skeats to believe he had "interfered" with her.
The jury at Winchester Crown Court has been told Mr Dack was locked in the flat before being attacked with knives, bottles and a baseball bat. Miss Chalk's allegations that Mr Dack "pestered" Amber Patterson "upped the ante," the court heard.
The next day, the group killed Mr Dack to stop him from contacting police about the attack, during which the group forced him to reveal his bank Pin code and stole his laptop, the court heard. Jurors heard it appeared Mr Woodmansey was driven by his desire to steal.
He said Mr Woodmansey, Miss Chalk and Mr Dwyer-Skeats went to a rave in Bournemouth on Good Friday after Mr Dack's death.
They returned the next morning and Mr Nicholls joined them at the flat.
'Extensive' blood stains
The four were arrested after Mr Dack's body was discovered at Empress Road industrial estate.
Earlier jurors heard forensic tests on the flat revealed "clear evidence" of a clean-up and "extensive" blood stains.
Tests on a baseball bat found on a work surface also revealed blood stains, the court heard.
Mr Woodmansey has admitted taking part in an attack on Mr Dack.Mr Woodmansey has admitted taking part in an attack on Mr Dack.
All three defendants have admitted perverting the course of justice by cleaning up the flat and Mr Woodmansey and Mr Dwyer-Skeats by helping to set fire to the body. The defendants admit perverting the course of justice by cleaning up the flat and Mr Woodmansey and Mr Dwyer-Skeats by helping set fire to the body.
The trial continues.The trial continues.