Man killed with blunt, heavy weapon, jury told

Stuart Everett lived in a shared house with the defendant

A man who was dismembered into 27 pieces was killed with a hammer-type weapon, a murder trial has been told.

Stuart Everett's remains were first discovered by a member of the public in an abandoned bunker at a nature reserve in Salford in April last year.

Home Office pathologist Dr Philip Lumb told Manchester Crown Court his post-mortem examination of the remains of Mr Everett showed severe injuries to his head and skull.

Marcin Majerkiewicz, 42, denies murdering Mr Everett, between 27 and 28 March last year.

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Mr Majerkiewicz has also denied an alternative charge of manslaughter.

Mr Everett, originally from Derby and born Roman Ziemacki to Polish parents, and Mr Majerkiewicz, from Poland, lived together with another Polish man in a terrace house in Winton, Salford.

Dr Lumb told jurors that after Mr Everett had been killed, the 67-year-old was then dismembered using a hacksaw and serrated blade.

Part of Stuart Everett's remains were found by a member of the public at a nature reserve in Salford

A murder investigation was launched after the discovery of a human torso in Kersal Dale nature reserve on 4 April last year.

Police arrested Mr Majerkiewicz, who was seen on CCTV carrying a heavy bag at Kersal Dale.

He is accused of putting body parts in bags and going on bus journeys to "deposition sites" to get rid of the evidence.

Dr Lumb presented jurors with a model of Mr Everett's skull showing injuries to the back right-side of the head.

Tool-marker analysis

When asked by the prosecution what could have caused such injuries, Dr Lumb said that the wounds were the result of a "curved, blunt, heavy weapon, such as, for example, a hammer", but could not categorically say that a hammer was used.

The pathologist was also asked about what had been used to dismember the body.

He said: "Tool-marker analysis and the findings was, this was most likely a hacksaw to cut through the bone.

"The bone appears to have been sawn by a serrated edge."

Jurors have been told that only about one third of Mr Everett's body has been recovered.

Mr Majerkiewicz denies manslaughter and murder.