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| Man guilty of suitcase body death | Man guilty of suitcase body death |
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| A homeless man has been found guilty of the murder of a teenage girl whose body was found in a suitcase. | A homeless man has been found guilty of the murder of a teenage girl whose body was found in a suitcase. |
| The jury in a retrial at the Old Bailey convicted Philip Bell, 23, of strangling 17-year-old Terry Edmonds, in Tunbridge Wells, Kent. | |
| Her body was discovered in a suitcase underneath a car park ramp on 29 April 2006, 12 days after she disappeared. | Her body was discovered in a suitcase underneath a car park ramp on 29 April 2006, 12 days after she disappeared. |
| The court heard Bell, who denied murder, sexually assaulted and killed Terry Edmonds, during a "lost hour". | |
| Following the verdict, Det Ch Insp Dave Withers, said: " Terry was a young, vibrant, popular woman with a life to look forward to. That life was tragically taken from her prematurely. | |
| 'Horrific crime' | |
| "This was a complex inquiry, and one that built up as we gathered evidence and looked at the events surrounding Terry's disappearance. | |
| "From finding Terry's body hidden in a suitcase, we carried out a thorough and detailed investigation, which led to Philip Bell. | |
| "Bell murdered Terry, hid her body and tried to cover up his horrific crime. | |
| "We were able through a meticulous investigation, painstaking research by the FSS and careful and thorough preparation by the Crown Prosecution Service to prove that Bell was guilty." |