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Manchester Evening News
Manchester Evening News
National
Andrew Bardsley

Murderers who dismembered dad and stuffed him into suitcases jailed as family speak of 'pure hell'

The family of a dad who was murdered before being brutally dismembered have told of the 'pure hell' they have endured. Ashley Walsh's family cheered and applauded in court as his killers were told they must both serve at least 28 years in jail after being convicted of murder.

Aaron Evitt, 34, repeatedly attacked Ashley with a hammer, before Evitt's cousin Gerard McGlacken, 45, 'chopped up' his body. The pair then transported his body parts to a local park in four suitcases.

The killing apparently followed claims by Ashley, 34, that he'd slept with Evitt's ex. About 20 members of Ashley's family wore special purple hoodies in court.

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