Richard Stead
BBC Information, Manchester
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Forensic officials pictured looking Kersal Dale Bunker as a part of the investigation
A possibility sighting by way of police helped catch the killer who murdered and dismembered his housemate ahead of scattering frame portions throughout Larger Manchester.
Marcin Majerkiewicz has been discovered accountable of murdering 67-year-old Stuart Everett in a case that sparked an enormous investigation and noticed stays present in six places around the area.
Police have been first of all alerted when the sufferer’s torso used to be discovered by way of a member of the general public in Salford forest on 4 April 2024 – ahead of CCTV published how, two days ahead of, a person had entered the realm wearing a heavy blue bag and rising in a while afterwards with out it.
Majerkiewicz used to be noticed wearing a bag for lifestyles, visibly suffering as he handed it between his fingers, ahead of taking time to leisure.
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GMP officials searched hours of CCTV. Photos confirmed the defendant suffering to hold a bag for lifestyles as he walked against Kersal Dale
The burden of the grotesque contents used to be later confirmed to be about 18 kg (39.6 lbs).
But the important thing to the case got here 3 weeks after the torso discovery.
Two law enforcement officials have been using alongside Eccles Outdated Street looking for additional CCTV when, by accident, they noticed anyone who they believed to be the suspect wearing the bag from the sooner photos.
Officials adopted Majerkiewicz as he boarded a bus, the place he used to be arrested on suspicion of homicide.
The 42-year-old advised officials they’d made a “mistake 100%” as he used to be arrested, however the proof quickly proved overwhelming.
Who used to be sufferer Stuart Everett and the way did he meet his killer?
Mr Everett first met Majerkiewicz whilst instructing English to just lately arrived Polish immigrants.
He had labored for each the NHS and Division for Paintings and Pensions and used to be referred to as “Benny” to his circle of relatives.
Mr Everett, who used to be no longer married and had no kids, used to be keen on “Rat Pack” singers Dean Martin and Frank Sinatra.
He additionally loved gardening, cricket and of venture on horses.
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Stuart Everett first met Majerkiewicz whilst instructing English to just lately arrived Polish immigrants
In 2013, he started dwelling in a three-bed terraced area on Worsley Street within the Winton house of Salford.
Mr Everett started sub-letting the 2 different bedrooms, with Majerkiewicz transferring in all over 2017.
Why did Majerkiewicz homicide Stuart Everett?
Majerkiewicz had labored as a supervisor at speedy meals retail outlets within the Trafford Centre however used to be unemployed on the time of the homicide, with monetary pressures development within the family and the killer discovering himself about £60,000 in debt.
A father-of-two together with his Polish ex-partner, he denied accountability for the killing however presented no proof in his defence.
Whilst his purpose stays unclear, police mentioned Majerkiewicz had a “fixation with horror and gore” and had a tattoo of the Friday the thirteenth slasher-film persona Jason Voorhees.
Det Supt Lewis Hughes mentioned: “Those are all related elements in what will have been happening, monetary problems, debt, issues paying the expenses, probably a dating between the 2 of them.”
‘Critical blunt pressure’ assault
After the torso used to be found out, police introduced Operation Harker and went on to search out human stays in six other spaces.
Majerkiewicz additionally dumped stays a brief stroll from his house deal with beside a canal.
Pathology of cranium fragments confirmed Mr Everett have been topic to a “sustained, serious blunt pressure bodily attack”, with repeated blows to his head, shattering and fracturing his cranium.
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Marcin Majerkiewicz used to be discovered accountable of homicide on Friday
When police searched Majerkiewicz’s deal with in Winton, Salford, they discovered proof of blood on a carpet and furnishings and an tried clean-up of the scene.
There used to be heavy bloodstaining in Majerkiewicz’s bed room, suggesting Mr Everett used to be attacked and reduce up in that room.
Majerkiewicz’s name historical past confirmed he had referred to as a person with a van for assist in taking away furnishings from the valuables and a settee mattress and a refrigerator freezer have been taken to a lock-up in Bury.
Following DNA trying out and forensic examinations beneath UV gentle, Stuart’s blood used to be discovered at the settee mattress, which is thought to be the place he used to be killed. The refrigerator freezer additionally contained his DNA.
All the way through Majerkiewicz’s police interview, he equipped minimum knowledge to detectives.
The pretend birthday card
All the way through the three-week trial at Manchester Crown Courtroom, the jury heard Mr Everett’s circle of relatives first of all had no concept he used to be lifeless.
Majerkiewicz had taken keep an eye on of his sufferer’s price range, his cell phone or even despatched textual content messages and a birthday card to his circle of relatives pretending to be him.
Prior to his arrest, the courtroom heard how Majerkiewicz has been looking on-line for homes to hire in Alicante.
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A birthday card despatched from Marcin Majerkiewicz to Mr Everett’s brother pretending to be him
The case concerned crime scenes throughout Manchester and Salford however handiest about one 3rd of Mr Everett’s frame has been recovered.
Det Sgt Danielle Bullivant helped to organise the searches for Mr Everett’s stays on the Blackleach reservoir in Walkden.
“I have been doing this task for 18 years and each day I paintings on murders, it’s my day task, however I have by no means labored on anything else like this,” she mentioned.
Ch Supt Lewis Hughes, the senior investigating officer, mentioned: “We love to assume we’ve got left no stone unturned and optimistically were given some form of justice for Stuart Everett and his circle of relatives.”
Trial pass judgement on Mr Justice Cavanagh advised Majerkiewicz, he faces a compulsory lifestyles sentence however he’s going to be made topic to a minimal time period at the back of bars.
Majerkiewicz, who made no response because the jury discovered him accountable, can be sentenced on Friday 28 March.
