Man sent texts from housemate’s phone after killing him, Manchester court told

Stuart Everett, 67, was killed at his home in Eccles on 27 or 28 March last year, police say. Photograph: Greater Manchester police

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A man accused of killing his housemate in a “brutal attack” and scattering his body parts across parks and nature reserves in Greater Manchester sent text messages from the dead man’s phone in an effort to cover up the murder, a court has heard.