Father’s body parts ‘used for TV stand’

A man killed his 25-stone father and then "carefully" dismembered his body and "neatly packaged" the body parts in plastic storage boxes which he used as a television stand, a court has heard.

Nathan Robinson used a Stanley knife, hacksaw and saw to cut up the body of William Spiller at the flat they shared in Lacey Court, Stedman Road, Bournemouth, Dorset.

The 28-year-old is on trial at Winchester Crown Court, accused of the murder of the 48-year-old taxi driver, which he denies. He admits manslaughter on grounds of diminished responsibility.