This article is from the source 'bbc' and was first published or seen on . It last changed over 40 days ago and won't be checked again for changes.
You can find the current article at its original source at http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-23423898
The article has changed 6 times. There is an RSS feed of changes available.
| Version 0 | Version 1 |
|---|---|
| David Guy dismemberment: David Hilder guilty of manslaughter | David Guy dismemberment: David Hilder guilty of manslaughter |
| (35 minutes later) | |
| A man who killed and dismembered his friend has received a life sentence for his manslaughter. | |
| David Guy's torso, legs and pelvis were found in two places on Southsea beach in Hampshire in July 2012. The rest of his body has not been recovered. | David Guy's torso, legs and pelvis were found in two places on Southsea beach in Hampshire in July 2012. The rest of his body has not been recovered. |
| David Hilder, 47, of Richmond Road, Southsea, was cleared of murder but convicted of manslaughter at Winchester Crown Court. | |
| Jurors heard Hilder disposed of the body parts using his bicycle. | |
| Justice David Bean said Hilder would serve a minimum of 12 years in prison. | |
| 'Loss of control' | |
| "We may never know the exact circumstances of his death," he said. | |
| "It seems most likely the two of you quarrelled, you had a sudden loss of self control and stabbed him through the chest with a sharp blade causing him to die almost instantly. | |
| "Afterwards you mutilated and cut up his body." | |
| Hilder lived in a flat near Mr Guy's camper van and jurors were told the pair were friends who had known each other for many years. | |
| Hilder, also known as "Big Dave", would sometimes give Mr Guy, known as "Little Dave", food or let him bathe in his flat. | |
| Nigel Lickley QC, prosecuting, told the court: "The precise relationship between the two men will never be known." | |
| Mr Guy died sometime between between 30 June and 3 July last year. | |
| The court heard Hilder killed Mr Guy and dismembered his body in a "painstaking and deliberate" way. | |
| Hilder, a scrap metal dealer, then used his "distinctive" bicycle with a box on the front to transport the parts to other locations. | |
| Low IQ | |
| Jurors were told Mr Guy's head, arms, some internal organs and genitalia were cut off and have never been found. | |
| His torso was discovered by a group of students on Southsea beach, on 3 July last year. | |
| Jurors heard Hilder has a mild learning disability and a low IQ of 63 and had suffered from bouts of depression. | |
| After the verdict, a statement from Mr Guy's father was read to the court in which he said: "In time I will come to terms with my loss, but it is the cutting up of my son's body I cannot accept and never will. | |
| "Somehow I will have to carry this pain in my soul for the rest of my life." | |
| Det Supt Dick Pearson of Hampshire Constabulary said the analysis DNA evidence, including of cat hairs found at relevant scenes, had played a major part of the investigation | |
| "This case continues to have a substantial impact on David Guy's family who remain resolute in trying to come to terms with what happened," he said. |