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Jamie Dack bin murder trial: Four people jailed Jamie Dack bin murder trial: Four people jailed
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Four people have been jailed for life for killing a homeless man in Southampton and burning his body in a bin.Four people have been jailed for life for killing a homeless man in Southampton and burning his body in a bin.
Fire crews found the charred remains of Jamie Dack, 22, in an industrial bin on 8 April last year.Fire crews found the charred remains of Jamie Dack, 22, in an industrial bin on 8 April last year.
Ryan Woodmansey, 32, Andrew Dwyer-Skeats, 27, and Donna Chalk, 22, were told they would serve a minimum of 30, 32 and 25 years respectively.Ryan Woodmansey, 32, Andrew Dwyer-Skeats, 27, and Donna Chalk, 22, were told they would serve a minimum of 30, 32 and 25 years respectively.
A fourth defendant Lee Nicholls, 29, was given 34 years.A fourth defendant Lee Nicholls, 29, was given 34 years.
Nicholls had changed his plea to guilty, prompting a retrial at Winchester Crown Court.Nicholls had changed his plea to guilty, prompting a retrial at Winchester Crown Court.
'Orgy of violence'
Jurors had heard how the four locked Mr Dack in a flat at Bevois Mews, Southampton, and attacked him with a baseball bat, bottles and knives.Jurors had heard how the four locked Mr Dack in a flat at Bevois Mews, Southampton, and attacked him with a baseball bat, bottles and knives.
The gang forced him to hand over his bank Pin code and stole his laptop.The gang forced him to hand over his bank Pin code and stole his laptop.
They killed Mr Dack to stop him from going to police.They killed Mr Dack to stop him from going to police.
The four were arrested after Mr Dack's body was discovered in a bin at Empress Road Industrial Estate in Southampton.The four were arrested after Mr Dack's body was discovered in a bin at Empress Road Industrial Estate in Southampton.
In passing sentence, the judge, Mr Justice Walker, said Mr Dack was subjected to "an orgy of violence".
"Horrific violence was to be inflicted, producing a chewed-up, mashed area of the body in the region of the shoulder," he said.
He said Lee Nicholls had inflicted the four fatal wounds to the neck but Ryan Woodmansey, and Andrew Dwyer-Skeats, were "part of the fatal attack and shared that intention to kill".
He said that Donna Chalk had "deliberately continued to encourage this violence by [her] presence".
After the trial, Mark Gammon, senior crown prosecutor for the Crown Prosecution Service, said the killers were fuelled by "mixed and developing motives".After the trial, Mark Gammon, senior crown prosecutor for the Crown Prosecution Service, said the killers were fuelled by "mixed and developing motives".
He added: "At no point did any of them show any remorse for what they did or display any empathy towards the plight of Mr Dack."He added: "At no point did any of them show any remorse for what they did or display any empathy towards the plight of Mr Dack."
Chalk, of Byron Road, Southampton, Dwyer-Skeats, of Bevois Mews, Southampton and Woodmansey, of no fixed abode, each also admitted a charge of perverting the course of justice and received four years to serve concurrent to their sentence.Chalk, of Byron Road, Southampton, Dwyer-Skeats, of Bevois Mews, Southampton and Woodmansey, of no fixed abode, each also admitted a charge of perverting the course of justice and received four years to serve concurrent to their sentence.