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| Son used father's dismembered body parts 'as TV stand' | |
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| A man killed his 25-stone father, dismembered his corpse and put the body parts in plastic storage boxes he then used as a TV stand, a court has heard. | |
| William Spiller's remains were found at a property in Lacey Court, Stedman Road, Bournemouth, in June 2013. | |
| His son Nathan Robinson, 28, denies murder but admits manslaughter on grounds of diminished responsibility. | His son Nathan Robinson, 28, denies murder but admits manslaughter on grounds of diminished responsibility. |
| Prosecutors told Winchester Crown Court he killed his father the previous month following an argument over money. | Prosecutors told Winchester Crown Court he killed his father the previous month following an argument over money. |
| Nigel Lickley QC, prosecuting, told the jury Mr Robinson used a Stanley knife, hacksaw and a saw to cut up the body of his taxi driver father at the flat they shared. | Nigel Lickley QC, prosecuting, told the jury Mr Robinson used a Stanley knife, hacksaw and a saw to cut up the body of his taxi driver father at the flat they shared. |
| 'Packaged neatly' | |
| Police were alerted when Mr Spiller's partner reported him missing after he stopped replying to her texts. She had thought he had been staying with a friend in the West Midlands. | |
| The jury was told officers found the dismembered remains of Mr Spiller, who was 6'5", "packaged neatly" in plastic boxes in the flat. His head was found in a filing cabinet. | |
| Jury members were shown photographs of the flat including plastic boxes containing body parts which were stacked with a television placed on top. | |
| A neighbour who lived below noticed a "pink liquid" dripping through his bathroom ceiling. | A neighbour who lived below noticed a "pink liquid" dripping through his bathroom ceiling. |
| Jurors were told the neighbour had previously heard an argument coming from their flat in which Mr Spiller said: "Do you expect me to keep subsidising you for the rest of my life?" | Jurors were told the neighbour had previously heard an argument coming from their flat in which Mr Spiller said: "Do you expect me to keep subsidising you for the rest of my life?" |
| When he went to investigate the liquid, the defendant answered the door and was described as "very calm, just normal, very collected". | When he went to investigate the liquid, the defendant answered the door and was described as "very calm, just normal, very collected". |
| Mr Lickley said that Mr Robinson took at least £7,750 of his father's cash and spent up to £300 "drinking, eating and socialising" with friends in Glasgow, while sending text messages purporting to come from his dead father. | Mr Lickley said that Mr Robinson took at least £7,750 of his father's cash and spent up to £300 "drinking, eating and socialising" with friends in Glasgow, while sending text messages purporting to come from his dead father. |
| He also paid for a vegan weekend hotel stay in Bristol with his mother, who was estranged from Mr Spiller, the court heard. | He also paid for a vegan weekend hotel stay in Bristol with his mother, who was estranged from Mr Spiller, the court heard. |
| Upon his arrest at his mother's home in Birmingham, Mr Robinson said: "is this a joke?", the court heard. | Upon his arrest at his mother's home in Birmingham, Mr Robinson said: "is this a joke?", the court heard. |
| The trial continues. | The trial continues. |