Man guilty of army veteran's murder

A antheral who attacked an service seasoned helium had met for enactment and bludgeoned him with a hammer has been recovered blameworthy of murder.

Paul Taylor, 57, from Annan successful Scotland, went missing past October, with his remains recovered successful a shallow sedate successful woodland adjacent Carlisle, Cumbria, successful May.

Jack Crawley, 20, of Carlisle, was recovered blameworthy of attacking his unfortunate and trying to pain his assemblage pursuing a proceedings astatine the city's crown court.

He volition beryllium sentenced connected Wednesday.

Crawley was besides recovered blameworthy of the attempted execution of a antheral successful York, who helium met connected the cheery dating app Grindr and besides attacked with a hammer, portion helium was connected bail for sidesplitting Mr Taylor.

Meanwhile, a 2nd antheral connected trial, Marcus Goodfellow, 20, besides of Carlisle, was recovered not blameworthy of assisting an offender by helping to dispose of Mr Taylor’s vehicle.

Crawley had been successful interaction with his unfortunate for immoderate clip earlier the sidesplitting and they had antecedently met to person sex, the tribunal heard.

Mr Taylor lived successful Annan with his woman Maria.

The tribunal heard his household was unaware of his intersexual involvement successful men.

Crawley bludgeoned Mr Taylor successful the caput astatine slightest 10 times.

He past attempted to pain his victim's assemblage earlier burying astatine Finlandrigg Woods adjacent Carlisle.

The skeletal remains were recovered connected 1 May, 195 days aft helium was reported missing by his wife.

Crawley, of Sheehan Crescent, had admitted manslaughter, but denied execution passim the trial, which began connected 1 October.