Addict gets life for murder but woman who took selfies beside corpse cleared

A man has been jailed for life after he was found guilty of murdering a former teacher, but a woman who took selfies next to the corpse has been cleared.

Drug addict Christopher Sawyers, aged 36, gave former teacher and soldier Kenneth Chapman, 48, a “very large dose of heroin” so he could steal from him.

A jury at Manchester Crown Court yesterday found him guilty of Mr Chapman’s murder but cleared his 23-year-old fellow addict Kirsty Edmondson of the same charge.