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Yahoo
28-03-2025
- Yahoo
Murderer who dismembered housemate's body jailed
Warning: This news story contains distressing details A murderer who dismembered his housemate's body before dumping his remains across a wide area has been jailed for a minimum of 34 years. Police said Marcin Majerkiewicz, who had an "obsession with gore and gruesome horror", killed Stuart Everett and then used a hacksaw to cut the 67-year-old's body into 27 pieces. Some of Mr Everett's remains were found by a member of the public at a nature reserve in Salford, Greater Manchester, in April 2024. Majerkiewicz, 42, was arrested after police spotted him carrying a bag in which he had kept the remains. He was sentenced at Manchester Crown Court to serve at least 34 years in prison. During sentencing, Mr Justice Cavanagh said: "You acted in an almost unbelievably cold-blooded and macabre way, and showed complete disrespect and contempt for your friend's remains. "This denied dignity to Stuart Everett even in his death and greatly increased the pain suffered by his family when the murder came to light." In his victim impact statement, Mr Everett's brother Richard Ziemacki said the family had been "devastated by the inhumane and cruel way his life was ended". He added: "We cannot express how we all feel about losing such an endearing and loving human being. "Not only were we all horrified by the way he left us, but for any person to be treated in the way he was systematically and comprehensively disposed of has left us traumatised beyond belief." Mr Ziemacki said his brother, known by the family as Benny, "did not deserve to have his life ended in such a callous and premeditated manner". Mr Everett, originally from Derby and born Roman Ziemacki to Polish parents, had worked for both the NHS and the Department for Work and Pensions. The court heard he first met Majerkiewicz while teaching English to Polish immigrants. In 2013, Mr Everett moved to a three-bed terraced house on Worsley Road in the Winton area of Salford. He later started sub-letting two of the bedrooms, with Majerkiewicz taking one of them in 2017. Majerkiewicz, who had worked as a manager at fast food shops in the Trafford Centre, was unemployed at the time of the murder. The father-of-two was also about £60,000 in debt, the court heard. While Majerkiewicz's motives remained unclear, police said he had a "fixation with horror and gore" and had a tattoo of the Friday the 13th slasher-film character Jason Voorhees. Det Supt Lewis Hughes, of Greater Manchester Police, said: "These are all relevant factors in what may have been going on - financial issues, debt, problems paying the bills, potentially a relationship between the two of them." The court heard Majerkiewicz killed Mr Everett with a hammer-type weapon before dismembering his body. He put the body parts in bags before taking bus journeys across Salford and Manchester to dump them. CCTV footage also showed him carrying a heavy bag, visibly struggling as he passed it between his hands. Police were initially alerted when a member of the public found a human torso in Salford woodland on 4 April 2024. CCTV revealed that a man had entered the area two days before, carrying a heavy blue bag and emerging shortly afterwards without it. Three weeks later, two police officers were driving along Eccles Old Road trying to find further CCTV when they spotted someone who they believed to be the suspect carrying the bag seen in earlier footage. They followed Majerkiewicz as he boarded a bus and then arrested him on suspicion of murder. The 42-year-old told officers they had made a "mistake 100%" as he was detained, but the evidence against him proved overwhelming. Police eventually found human remains in six different areas across Salford and Manchester, including by a canal. Listen to the best of BBC Radio Manchester on Sounds and follow BBC Manchester on Facebook, X, and Instagram and watch BBC North West Tonight on BBC iPlayer. Man guilty of murdering and dismembering housemate Killer who cut up housemate caught in chance sighting
BBC News
28-03-2025
- BBC News
Salford killer who dismembered housemate's body jailed for at least 34 years
Warning: This news story contains distressing details A murderer who dismembered his housemate's body before dumping his remains across a wide area has been jailed for a minimum of 34 said Marcin Majerkiewicz, who had an "obsession with gore and gruesome horror", killed Stuart Everett and then used a hacksaw to cut the 67-year-old's body into 27 of Mr Everett's remains were found by a member of the public at a nature reserve in Salford, Greater Manchester, in April 42, was arrested after police spotted him carrying a bag in which he had kept the remains. He was sentenced at Manchester Crown Court to serve at least 34 years in prison. 'Callous and premeditated' During sentencing, Mr Justice Cavanagh said: "You acted in an almost unbelievably cold-blooded and macabre way, and showed complete disrespect and contempt for your friend's remains."This denied dignity to Stuart Everett even in his death and greatly increased the pain suffered by his family when the murder came to light."In his victim impact statement, Mr Everett's brother Richard Ziemacki said the family had been "devastated by the inhumane and cruel way his life was ended".He added: "We cannot express how we all feel about losing such an endearing and loving human being."Not only were we all horrified by the way he left us, but for any person to be treated in the way he was systematically and comprehensively disposed of has left us traumatised beyond belief."Mr Ziemacki said his brother, known by the family as Benny, "did not deserve to have his life ended in such a callous and premeditated manner". Mr Everett, originally from Derby and born Roman Ziemacki to Polish parents, had worked for both the NHS and the Department for Work and court heard he first met Majerkiewicz while teaching English to Polish 2013, Mr Everett moved to a three-bed terraced house on Worsley Road in the Winton area of later started sub-letting two of the bedrooms, with Majerkiewicz taking one of them in who had worked as a manager at fast food shops in the Trafford Centre, was unemployed at the time of the father-of-two was also about £60,000 in debt, the court Majerkiewicz's motives remained unclear, police said he had a "fixation with horror and gore" and had a tattoo of the Friday the 13th slasher-film character Jason Supt Lewis Hughes, of Greater Manchester Police, said: "These are all relevant factors in what may have been going on - financial issues, debt, problems paying the bills, potentially a relationship between the two of them." The court heard Majerkiewicz killed Mr Everett with a hammer-type weapon before dismembering his put the body parts in bags before taking bus journeys across Salford and Manchester to dump footage also showed him carrying a heavy bag, visibly struggling as he passed it between his were initially alerted when a member of the public found a human torso in Salford woodland on 4 April revealed that a man had entered the area two days before, carrying a heavy blue bag and emerging shortly afterwards without weeks later, two police officers were driving along Eccles Old Road trying to find further CCTV when they spotted someone who they believed to be the suspect carrying the bag seen in earlier followed Majerkiewicz as he boarded a bus and then arrested him on suspicion of 42-year-old told officers they had made a "mistake 100%" as he was detained, but the evidence against him proved eventually found human remains in six different areas across Salford and Manchester, including by a canal. Listen to the best of BBC Radio Manchester on Sounds and follow BBC Manchester on Facebook, X, and Instagram and watch BBC North West Tonight on BBC iPlayer.
Sky News
28-03-2025
- Sky News
Marcin Majerkiewicz: Man who murdered pensioner and dismembered his body jailed for life
A man has been sentenced to life in prison with a minimum term of 34 years for murdering a pensioner and dismembering his body with a hacksaw. Marcin Majerkiewicz, 42, bludgeoned Stuart Everett with a hammer at the house they shared in Salford, Greater Manchester, overnight between 27 and 28 March last year. He used a hacksaw to dismember the 67-year-old, cutting him into 27 pieces, before taking the body parts in plastic bags on bus journeys across Salford and Manchester to dump the evidence. Police say the Polish father-of-two had an obsession with gore and gruesome horror, as well as a tattoo of slasher-film character Jason from the horror franchise Friday the 13th. Majerkiewicz denied responsibility for the killing but offered no evidence in his defence. His motive remains unclear. Jurors convicted him of murder following a three-week trial at Manchester Crown Court. On Friday, he was jailed at the same court for life with a minimum term of 34 years. The court heard that, while former civil servant Mr Everett was murdered overnight between 27 and 28 March last year, police were only alerted after his torso was found at Kersal Dale nature reserve in Salford on 4 April. Police scoured CCTV and found that two days before the discovery, a man entered the wooded area carrying a heavy blue bag and left shortly after without it. His identity was unknown. But three weeks later, Majerkiewicz was spotted by an officer working on the case who drove past him by chance and noticed his resemblance to the man from the CCTV. 2:07 When police searched Majerkiewicz's address, they found evidence of blood on a carpet and furniture and an attempted clean-up after the killing and dismemberment. After discovering the torso, police launched Operation Harker, which found evidence in 15 crime scenes and human remains at five different sites. Only a third of Mr Everett's body has been recovered. Please refresh the page for the fullest version.
The Independent
28-03-2025
- The Independent
Father who cut up elderly housemate and scattered body parts across Manchester jailed for life
A man with a horror obsession who murdered and dismembered his elderly housemate before scattering his body parts across their home city has been jailed for life. Marcin Majerkiewicz, 42, bludgeoned his friend Stuart Everett, 67, with a hammer at the house they shared in Winton, Salford, in March last year. The 42-year-old then used a hacksaw to dismember the pensioner into 27 pieces as well as flaying his victim's face. Majerkiewicz, a father-of-two with his Polish ex-partner, then took body parts in plastic bags on bus journeys across Salford and Manchester to dump the evidence, leaving remains all around Manchester. Police say the defendant had an obsession with gore and gruesome horror as well as a tattoo of slasher-film character Jason from Friday The 13th. Majerkiewicz was sentenced to life with a minimum term of 34 years at Manchester Crown Court on Friday. Jurors convicted him of murder last week in under two hours of deliberations following a three-week trial at the same court. The court heard that former civil servant Mr Everett was murdered overnight between 27 and 28 March last year – but police were only alerted after a torso was found at Kersal Dale nature reserve in Salford on 4 April. Police scoured CCTV from the area and discovered that two days before, a man entered the wooded area carrying a heavy blue bag and emerging shortly after without it. Footage showed the man carrying a bag for life down Bury New Road in Prestwich, visibly struggling and seen passing the bag between his hands and taking time to rest. The weight of what later emerged to be human remains was found to be around 18kg. The man's identity was initially unknown but three weeks later Majerkiewicz was spotted by an officer working on the case who drove past him by chance and noted he looked like the man from the CCTV. The suspect told officers they had made a 'mistake 100 per cent' as he was arrested. When police searched his address, they found evidence of blood on a carpet and furniture and an attempted clean-up after the killing and dismemberment. Only a third of Mr Everett's body has been recovered. His loved ones say they are still 'haunted' by what happened to 'our endearing and loving Stuart'.
BBC News
22-03-2025
- BBC News
Stuart Everett: Killer who cut up housemate caught in chance sighting
A chance sighting by police helped catch the killer who murdered and dismembered his housemate before scattering body parts across Greater Majerkiewicz has been found guilty of murdering 67-year-old Stuart Everett in a case that sparked a huge investigation and saw remains found in six locations across the were initially alerted when the victim's torso was found by a member of the public in Salford woodland on 4 April 2024 - before CCTV revealed how, two days before, a man had entered the area carrying a heavy blue bag and emerging shortly afterwards without was seen carrying a bag for life, visibly struggling as he passed it between his hands, before taking time to rest. The weight of the gruesome contents was later proven to be about 18 kg (39.6 lbs).Yet the key to the case came three weeks after the torso police officers were driving along Eccles Old Road attempting to find further CCTV when, by chance, they spotted someone who they believed to be the suspect carrying the bag from the earlier followed Majerkiewicz as he boarded a bus, where he was arrested on suspicion of murder. The 42-year-old told officers they had made a "mistake 100%" as he was arrested, but the evidence soon proved overwhelming. Who was victim Stuart Everett and how did he meet his killer? Mr Everett first met Majerkiewicz while teaching English to recently arrived Polish had worked for both the NHS and Department for Work and Pensions and was known as "Benny" to his family. Mr Everett was not married and had no children, and was a fan of "Rat Pack" singers Dean Martin and Frank also enjoyed gardening, cricket and a bet on 2013 he began living in a three-bed terraced house on Worsley Road in the Winton area of Everett began sub-letting the two other bedrooms, with Majerkiewicz moving in during 2017. Why did Majerkiewicz murder Stuart Everett? Majerkiewicz had worked as a manager at fast food shops in the Trafford Centre but was unemployed at the time of the murder, with financial pressures building in the household and the killer finding himself about £60,000 in debt.A father-of-two with his Polish ex-partner, he denied responsibility for the killing but offered no evidence in his while his motive remains unclear, Majerkiewicz was found to have an obsession with gore and gruesome horror and a tattoo of slasher-film character Jason Voorhees from Friday the 13th, police Supt Lewis Hughes said he had a "fixation with horror and gore" but the team had "not confirmed any clear motive", adding: "These are all relevant factors in what may have been going on, financial issues, debt, problems paying the bills, potentially a relationship between the two of them." Victim suffered 'severe blunt force' attack After the torso was discovered, police launched Operation Harker, and went on to find human remains in six different also dumped remains a short walk from his home address beside a of skull fragments showed Mr Everett had been subject to a "sustained, severe blunt force physical assault", with repeated blows to his head, shattering and fracturing his skull. Bloodstained carpet and an attempted clean-up When police searched Majerkiewicz's address in Winton, Salford, they found evidence of blood on a carpet and furniture and an attempted clean-up of the was heavy bloodstaining in Majerkiewicz's bedroom, suggesting Mr Everett was attacked and cut up in that call history showed he called a man with a van for help in removing furniture from the property and a sofa bed and a fridge freezer were taken to a lock up in Bury. Following DNA testing and forensic examinations under UV light, Stuart's blood was found on the sofa bed, which is believed to be where he was killed. The fridge freezer also contained his Majerkiewicz's police interview, he provided minimal information to detectives. Fake birthday card sent to victim's family During the three-week trial at Manchester Crown Court, the jury heard Mr Everett's family initially had no idea he was dead. Majerkiewicz had taken control of his victim's finances, his mobile phone and even sent text messages and a birthday card to his family pretending to be him. Before his arrest, the court heard how Majerkiewicz has been searching online for properties to rent in Alicante. The case involved crime scenes across Manchester and Salford but only about one third of Mr Everett's body has been Sgt Danielle Bullivant helped to organise the searches for Mr Everett's remains at the Blackleach reservoir in Walkden."I've been doing this job for 18 years and every day I work on murders, it is my day job, but I've never worked on anything like this," she Supt Lewis Hughes, the senior investigating officer, said: "We like to think we've left no stone unturned and hopefully got some sort of justice for Stuart Everett and his family."Trial judge Mr Justice Cavanagh told Majerkiewicz, he faces a mandatory life sentence but he will be made subject to a minimum term behind who made no reaction as the jury found him guilty, will be sentenced on Friday 28 March. Listen to the best of BBC Radio Manchester on Sounds and follow BBC Manchester on Facebook, X, and Instagram. You can also send story ideas via Whatsapp to 0808 100 2230.
