Video footage has been released of a killer hours after he walked into a woman's home and beat her to death before decapitating and dismembering her. Luke Deeley was suffering from paranoid schizophrenia and experiencing delusions and hallucinations when he killed 65-year-old June Fox-Roberts.
The 26-year-old entered her home in Llantwit Fardre, near Pontypridd, in the early hours of June 21, 2021, before attacking her and dismembering her with an axe, then placing her limbs in bags. Mrs Fox-Roberts' remains were discovered later that day by her daughter and a friend who became concerned after being unable to contact her.
A sentencing hearing at Newport Crown Court on Friday heard Deeley left the address in St Anne's Drive having attempted to clean up the scene, shaved inside the property and dyed his hair. He spent the night sleeping in a trailer at Creigiau Tyres nearby. He was caught on CCTV footage in which he appeared to be talking and singing to himself while sitting on the floor.
