Man was found guilty at Manchester Crown Court, who had his body severed into dozens of pieces found in Manchester parks and nature reserves.
42-year-old Marcin Majerkiewicz killed 67-year-old Stuart Everett, known as Benny, in a “brutal attack” she shared with Eccles on March 27 or 28 last year.
After tearing apart Everett, described by a friend as “Jolie” and “the person everyone came to,” Majelkivich used his phone to communicate with his relatives, sending birthday cards to try and hide his crimes.
He was pursued by police after part of Everett's body was discovered at Kelsaldale Nature Reserve on April 4, 2024 by members of the public.
The police investigation has begun. There, detectives were seen running thousands of hours through CCTV footage, identifying someone called “Heavy Bag Man” and struggling to carry a large shopping bag near the first body part.
They traced the man to Eccles' housing complex and while visiting door to door for information, the officers boarded the bus, when they found Majerkiewicz, who explained the “heavy bag man” and boarded the bus. When they searched him, they found Everett's phone and bank card, allowing them to identify the victim.
During the trial, which lasted two and a half weeks, the ju judge heard that Everett had mentioned Majelkievitz in an email with a friend as his “partner.”
Everett, who hone his parents, was originally born from Derby and had known his murderer for over a decade. They had their own bedroom inside the house. Polish-born Mazerkiwich moved after splitting with his former partner.
It is not known what Majelkiwitz led to kill Everett, and he did not file his defense in court.
A pathologist at the home office told the court that it was possible to connect the ruins of Everett's head.
After Kersal Dale Discovery, more body parts were found in other green spaces. One of the packages remains discovered by members of the public.
Majerkiewicz took over the identity of his victim, texted his family, friends and landlords using Everett's phone, and sent two handwritten birthday cards to his family. He used Everett's bank account “as if they were his own,” prosecutors said.
“By then he said he was already dead and his body, including his body, had been cut off by the accused,” Jason Pitter KC told the court for the prosecution.
On April 3, Majerkiewicz looked up the address of Everett's brother in Derby and sent him a birthday card pretending to be Everett. The card had the defendant's fingerprint, the prosecutor said, and “Rich, happy birthday, and my oldest man's best man 🙂 Benny xxxx.”
The victim's brother, Richard Ziemacki, first said he had “not noticed anything unusual,” and used the cards and cards he received to issue a witness statement.
But, contemplating, he told the police: “I don't recognize handwriting as belonging to my brother,” adding that his brother did not use the phrase “my old man.”
Senior Investment Officer Det Ch Supt Lewis Hughes said:
“But from the beginning we said that the victim and his family remained at the forefront of our hearts and actions. We've focused on ensuring justice in this case, but we've made sure that the victim can be brought back to his family and rested.
“We knew from the start that our family was somewhere, but one day we learned the most tragic news they could hear. Ultimately, from that moment on, our duty was to restore and identify the victim in a respectful and dignified way.
Majerkiewicz will be declared at a later date.
