A man has been found guilty of the murder of a woman whose body was found buried in a shallow grave in woodland near Coventry.
rein coulson Warwick Crown Court heard that she was heard screaming and crying for help five weeks before her body was found near Bridleway.
Jurors concluded that Mohammed Dernian, 42, did not kill her. But they found him guilty of murder.
He denied the murder charge, saying Ms Coulson died from an overdose of alcohol following a brief argument on the night of May 21 last year.
Prosecutors had told the court that Durnion killed Ms Coulson in a sudden and deliberate attack and then faked a mental health crisis when police arrived at his flat in Penns Lane. Coventry, After 999 call.
Jurors heard that officers entered and searched the property, but did not find Ms Coulson’s body, which is believed to have been hidden under a mattress.
The body was removed from the flat by Durnion after the police left and found in Binley Woods more than five weeks later.
At the start of the trial, prosecutors said Ms Coulson, a 33-year-old sex worker, disappeared after attending a support group at a Catholic church.
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