A Salford pensioner was sawn into 27 pieces with a hacksaw and his body parts dumped across the city, a jury has heard.
Marcin Majerkiewicz, 42, is accused of murdering Stuart Everett, 67, whose lower torso and thighs were found by a member of the public, wrapped in cling film and hidden in an abandoned bunker in Kersal Dale nature reserve, in Salford on April 4 last year, Manchester Crown Court was told.
It is alleged that the defendant was caught on CCTV making numerous trips dumping Mr Everett’s body parts in six locations around Salford.
Majerkiewicz denies murder and manslaughter.
Jason Pitter KC began opening the case for the prosecution to the jury of six women and six men, with the first discovery of body parts in the nature reserve.
“For obvious reasons it was not known who it was,” he continued: “What was apparent, it transpired, was that it must have been a man who had been sawn into pieces.
“That initial gruesome finding was to trigger investigations that led to, a number of weeks later, April 27 and 28 and May 1, further parts, including parts of his skull and ear, over various locations in the Greater Manchester area.”
The court heard both men lived in a house in Winton, Salford and there is “good evidence” to suggest Mr Everett was killed on the evening and into the morning of 27 to 28 March of last year.
Mr Everett was of Polish heritage and was born Roman Ziemacki. He lived at a shared house at 95 Worsley Road in Winton, as the sole tenant, responsible for the rent but sub-let rooms in the property, which he sub-let to others including Majerkiewicz.
An increase in rent may have led to “tension” between the two men, the court heard.
The prosecutor said after the initial torso find, police scoured CCTV from the area around Kersal Dale, Salford on April 4, 2024.
Detectives discovered, two days before at around 5pm, a man was seen entering the pathway nearby carrying a heavy blue bag, walking to the wooded area where the body part was found.
The same person was seen to emerge a short while later holding the bag folded up.
Majerkiewicz was traced and arrested on suspicion of murder as he matched the man in the CCTV footage, the court heard.
He had on his person two mobile phones, one belonging to Mr Everett along with the dead man’s bank cards.
When police searched Majerkiewicz’s address they found evidence of bloodstaining and a clean-up operation, showing “something terrible had happened in that house”, Mr Pitter added.
Analysis of Majerkiewicz’s phone movements and CCTV footage showed him making a number of journeys with bags before returning, the court heard.
At one location, Chesterfield Close in Winton, nine packages of body parts were recovered, including many internal organs and Mr Everett’s genitalia – and recoveries at Linneyshaw Colliery Wood included body parts wrapped in cling film, containing bones and muscle tissue.
At Blackleach Reservoir, a further six body parts were found, including parts of the skull, scalp and left ear and parts of the skin from Mr Everett’s face.
Jurors were told only around one third of Mr Everett’s body was recovered.
The court was told that back at their home address, officers found bloodstaining in the kitchen and a piece of cut-out carpet from the defendant’s bedroom.
Pathology of the skull fragments showed Mr Everett had been subject to a “sustained, severe blunt force physical assault”, with repeated blows to his head, shattering and fracturing his skull.
Analysis showed dismemberment of the body was consistent with the use of a hacksaw and took place after death, but Mr Pitter added: “It is possible though, that some of the cuts occurred whilst Stuart Everett was alive.”
The trial continues.
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