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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Tom Wilkinson

Farmer jailed for life after killing lodger and hiding his dismembered body in barrel

Christopher Wright has been jailed for life with a minimum term of 35 years - (PA)

A farmer has been sentenced to a minimum of 35 years in prison for the brutal murder and dismemberment of a man whose body he then concealed in a concrete-filled barrel.

Christopher Wright, 73, who was formerly a butcher, was convicted last month of killing Richard Dyson, 55, who vanished in 2019.

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