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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Jamie Grierson

Man jailed for life for murdering wife and dismembering body in Lincoln

Nicholas Metson mugshot
Metson initially denied murder before changing his plea to guilty before the trial. Photograph: Lincolnshire police/PA

A man who cut his wife’s body into more than 200 pieces and then paid a friend £50 to help him dump her remains in a river has been jailed for life with a minimum term of 19 years.

Nicholas Metson stabbed Holly Bramley, 26, at least four times in March 2023 before dismembering her body and storing her remains for a week in the kitchen larder at the flat they shared in Stamp End, Lincoln.

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