Tomasz Dembler death: Pair admit man's manslaughter

Polish national Tomasz Dembler was found buried in woods a month after disappearing

Two men have admitted killing a father whose mutilated body was discovered buried in a shallow grave.

Polish national Tomasz Dembler's back and ribs were broken and his hands were cut off, Teesside Crown Court heard.

His murder trial was halted when Zbigniew Pawlowski, 41, and Rafal Chmielewski, 37, admitted manslaughter.

Tomasz Reczycki, 37, Monika Solerska, 37, and Adam Czerwinski, 45, pleaded guilty to perverting the course of justice by burying his body.

The jury was discharged and no further evidence will be offered on the charge of murder.

Zbigniew Pawlowski, left, and Rafal Chmielewski admit manslaughter

The trial has previously heard Polish national Mr Dembler, 39, had been "drinking to excess" and using and selling illegal drugs before he disappeared in March last year.

His remains were discovered near Middlesbrough's Flatts Lane Country Park beauty spot the following month.

Det Ch Insp Mark Dimelow, from Cleveland Police, said he hoped the convictions would "bring some closure" for Mr Dembler's family.

"Hearing the details of what happened to him have been traumatic for his loved ones, in the UK and Poland," he said.

"Tomasz was a father and much-loved son, and this has been a horrific ordeal for his relatives and friends."

Adam Czerwinski, Monika Solerska and Tomasz Reczycki admitting burying Mr Dembler's body

Pawlowski, of Leven Street, Middlesbrough, and Chmielewski, of Birchington Avenue, Grangetown, will be sentenced on Friday.

The other three - Reczycki, of Ashfield Avenue, Middlesbrough, Solerska, of Birchington Avenue, Grangetown and Czerwinski, of Edward Street, Middlesbrough - will also be sentenced then.