A man has admitted the murder of a woman whose body was found in a makeshift grave in a forest.
Andrew Burfield, 51, changed his plea to admit the murder of mother-of-two Katie Kenyon, 33, on the third day of his trial at Preston Crown Court.
He was re-arraigned on the charge on Wednesday morning and the jury in the case formally found him guilty.
His trial heard he killed Miss Kenyon, of Padiham, Burnley, on April 22 and buried her body in a grave, which he had dug the day before her death, in the Forest of Bowland in Lancashire.
He then sent messages to himself and her children from her phone, the jury was told.
Opening the trial on Monday, David McLachlan KC, prosecuting, told the jury Burfield was arrested following Miss Kenyon’s disappearance and interviewed four times, initially denying any knowledge of her whereabouts.
In his penultimate interview there was a “revelation” and his version of events changed, Mr McLachlan said.
Andrew Burfield, 51, changed his plea to admit the murder of mother-of-two Katie Kenyon, 33, on the third day of his trial.
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