Peterborough ditch deaths: Man admits helping in triple murders

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Lukasz Slaboszewski (l), Kevin Lee (c) and John Chapman (r)
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The bodies of Lukasz Slaboszewski (l), Kevin Lee (c) and John Chapman (r) were found in Cambridgeshire

A man has changed his plea and admitted assisting an offender over the murders of three men.

The bodies of Lukasz Slaboszewski, 31, Kevin Lee, 48, and John Chapman, 56, were found in ditches 10 miles (16km) apart in Cambridgeshire.

Joanna Dennehy, 31, of Bifield, Orton Goldhay, Peterborough, admitted the murders at the Old Bailey last month.

Robert Moore, 55, of Belvoir Way, Peterborough, appeared at the Old Bailey and entered a guilty plea.

He and Dennehy are due to be sentenced in the new year.

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Joanna Dennehy pleaded guilty to murdering three men

All three men had been stabbed and were found in March and April.

Dennehy admitting killing Mr Slaboszewski between 19 and 29 March and to murdering both Kevin Lee and John Chapman on 29 March.

She also admitted "preventing the lawful and decent burial" of all three men, and the attempted murders of two other men.

Gary Richards, 47, of Riseholme, Orton Goldhay, Peterborough - also known as Gary Stretch - has denied three charges of preventing the lawful burial of all three men and the attempted murders of two other men.

Leslie Layton, 36, of Bifield, Orton Goldhay, has denied perverting the course of justice.

Both are due to stand trial in January.

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