Man in UK killed and dismembered father then used him as TV stand, court hears

Winchester: A man killed his father, dismembered his body then packaged into storage boxes which he used as a television stand, a court has heard, according to metro.co.uk.

Nathan Robinson reportedly used a Stanley knife, hacksaw and saw to cut up the body of William Spiller at the flat they shared in Lacey Court, Stedman Road, Bournemouth, Dorset.

The 28-year-old is on trial at Winchester Crown Court, accused of the murder of the 48-year-old taxi driver, which he denies.

He admits manslaughter on grounds of diminished responsibility. Nigel Lickley QC, prosecuting, told the jury that Robinson killed his father on May 16 2013 following an argument over money.

He reportedly said a neighbour who lived below the pair noticed in the afternoon of that day that a ‘pink liquid’ was dripping through the ceiling of his bathroom.

The prosecutor said this was diluted blood as Robinson cleaned up the crime scene with a steam cleaner which he went out to buy after killing his father.

The jury, made up of five women and seven men, was shown photographs of the flat including plastic boxes containing body parts which were stacked with a television placed on top.

They were also shown the grisly filing cabinet with the box containing Mr Spiller’s head inside. The trial is expected to last three weeks.