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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Matthew Cooper

‘Carer’ murdered disabled man and hid body for weeks after meeting on social media

Trundle, who admitted manslaughter but was found guilty of murder, was sentenced at Worcester Crown Court on Friday - (West Mercia Police/PA Wire)

An unofficial carer has been handed a life sentence with a minimum term of 19 years for the murder of a disabled man whose body he concealed for up to a month.

Jason Trundle, 52, was jailed after West Mercia Police released video footage from his trial, showing him telling paramedics that Leon Pratt, 64, had "been dead for about 12 days".

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