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| Body parts killer Nathan Robinson guilty of father's murder | Body parts killer Nathan Robinson guilty of father's murder |
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| A man who stabbed his father to death and put his dismembered body into storage boxes he was using as a TV stand, has been convicted of murder. | A man who stabbed his father to death and put his dismembered body into storage boxes he was using as a TV stand, has been convicted of murder. |
| Nathan Robinson, 27, used a Stanley knife, a hacksaw and a saw to cut up William Spiller's body at their shared flat in Stedman Road, Bournemouth. | Nathan Robinson, 27, used a Stanley knife, a hacksaw and a saw to cut up William Spiller's body at their shared flat in Stedman Road, Bournemouth. |
| Robinson had denied the charge but admitted manslaughter on grounds of diminished responsibility. | Robinson had denied the charge but admitted manslaughter on grounds of diminished responsibility. |
| The jury at Winchester Crown Court took 90 minutes to find him guilty. | The jury at Winchester Crown Court took 90 minutes to find him guilty. |
| Robinson told the court he had only limited memories of the killing, prompted because his father had abused him as a child. | Robinson told the court he had only limited memories of the killing, prompted because his father had abused him as a child. |
| He was also "greatly affected" by his mother Elaine working as a prostitute and had found an advertisement detailing her services, the jury was told. | |
| Nigel Lickley QC, prosecuting, said however, Robinson's more likely motive was financial one as he owed his father £36,000. | Nigel Lickley QC, prosecuting, said however, Robinson's more likely motive was financial one as he owed his father £36,000. |
| Following the verdict, Desmond Duffy, senior crown prosecutor in Wessex, said: "Nathan Robinson savagely killed his father, William Spiller, and then went to great lengths to hide his crime. | |
| "The 27-year-old, who lived with his father, accepted that his financial position was dire at the start of 2013." | |
| During Robinson's trial, the jury heard he had also been abused as a child on a separate occasion, by a man other than his father. |