Killer who left body in a bathtub jailed for life

Dante Forrest denied killing Marvin Dickson but was convicted at the Old Bailey

A man who killed an acquaintance and left him in a bath until neighbours complained of the smell has been jailed for life.

Marvin Dickson, 40, was found dead at the north London home of his killer, Dante Forrest, in September 2024.

Police discovered Mr Dickson after they forced entry to the flat in Wood Green, which had been boarded up and padlocked shut.

Appearing at the Old Bailey on Tuesday, Forrest, 36, was sentenced to a minimum term of 22 years for the "violent and brutal" attack.

Marvin Dickson was seen on CCTV carrying the pizza box that helped convict his killer

During the trial, the jury was shown Mr Dickson on CCTV in the early hours of 10 September walking with Forrest and carrying a takeaway pizza box.

The box was found, covered with Mr Dickson's blood, in the flat.

His blood was also discovered on Forrest's clothes and shoes, and the living area of the flat had bloodstains suggesting Mr Dickson had been killed there before being dragged to the bathtub.

A post mortem examination found he died as a result of blunt side trauma to the head.

He had also been stabbed.

Mr Dickson's family said in a statement he would "forever be loved, missed and remembered".