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Shaun Cummins murder: Thomas Dunkley guilty of killing ex-boxer Shaun Cummins murder: Thomas Dunkley guilty of killing ex-boxer
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A man has been found guilty of murdering a former boxer and chopping up his body. A 29-year-old man has been given a life sentence for murdering a former boxer and chopping up his body.
Thomas Dunkley, 29, of no fixed abode, had denied killing ex-WBA light-middleweight champion Shaun Cummins but admitted preventing the burial of a body and four counts of fraud. Thomas Dunkley, of no fixed abode, had denied killing Shaun Cummins but admitted preventing the burial of a body and four counts of fraud.
Mr Cummins' body was found in 10 pieces inside three freezers at his home in Marriott Road, Leicester in September.Mr Cummins' body was found in 10 pieces inside three freezers at his home in Marriott Road, Leicester in September.
A jury at Leicester Crown Court returned a majority verdict. Dunkley was sentenced to life in prison at Leicester Crown Court and ordered to serve a minimum term of 34 years.
Mr Cummins had retired from boxing in 1995 and was paralysed in a motorbike accident in 2004, which left him requiring home care. The former WBA inter-continental light middleweight champion had retired from boxing in 1995.
Dunkley was described as Mr Cummins' "informal carer". 'Grotesque act'
During the seven-day trial, Dunkley admitted cutting up the ex-boxer's body with a chainsaw and storing it in freezers at Cummins' bungalow. In 2004 he was paralysed in a motorbike accident which left him requiring home care. Dunkley was described as Mr Cummins' "informal carer".
He denied murder and claimed he had panicked after Cummins died of natural causes in his sleep. During the seven-day trial, he admitted cutting up the ex-boxer's body with a chainsaw and storing it in freezers at Cummins' bungalow.
Dunkley denied murder and claimed he had panicked after Cummins died of natural causes in his sleep.
Judge Mrs Justice Dobbs said of the dismemberment: "It was a grotesque act, violating Cummins' person and his dignity in death and the sensitivities of his family."
The trial heard Dunkley was bullied and assaulted by Cummins, but the judge said provocation had "not been an issue" in the case.
She said the subsequent use of his credit cards by Dunkley after his death was "despicable".
Supt Matt Hewson, of Leicestershire Police, said Dunkley had become frustrated as he did not appear to be compensated financially for helping Shaun and had increasing personal debt.
"He was not paid for his work and believed he would one day receive some payment or profit from a business venture with Shaun," said Supt Hewson.