GUILTY UK - Manchester. Human torso found in woodland, Salford , 4th April 2024 *ID - Stuart Everett*

[Deleted member 306904]

I have just called her and told her to keep her neighbourhood watch on high alert … she doesn’t miss much bless her !

We of the net curtain brigade are always on watch.

 

[Parker Knoll]

Well I call her my nanna but she’s not in the literal sense as she would be about 150 !
Seems a bit mean to call her an ageing relo tbh but she’s not seen a peep as yet.

 

[Luwin]

Further search for remains in Salford murder investigation

Police are carrying out fresh searches for remains of 67-year-old Stuart Everett.

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Greater Manchester Police (GMP) said officers were now searching on Roe Green Loopline, starting at the junction of Worsley Road with Greenleach Lane.

The force is trying to "keep disruption to a minimum" but said access would be limited as a result of the "small and methodical searches".

A GMP spokesperson said: "There will be further searches that will be conducted in the same way over the coming weeks."

Det Ch Insp Rachel Smith added: "We remain committed, dedicated and focused on our task, and this is another example of our ongoing work to do that".

 

[Parker Knoll]

Interesting - I always suspected they would eventually look there as it’s an almost direct link from Parrfold Park and it would take them right into worsley woods.
It’s then about a 15 min walk to where they were living. It used to be a railway line but it was disused for years before they regenerated it into the loop. It’s pretty busy with dog walkers and cyclists though. Apparently the park was only reopened last weekend and the police worked through the night every night they were there.
This is gruesome.

 

[Becky53]

Detectives investigating the alleged murder of a man whose torso was found wrapped in plastic have cordoned off another search area.

Officers began searching an area in Buile Hill Park, Salford, earlier this week based on analysis of CCTV footage.

The investigation was launched after the partial remains of Stuart Everett, 67, were found in Kersal Dale wetlands, on 4 April, Greater Manchester Police (GMP) said.

Two men have been charged with Mr Everett's murder.

The force said so far 16 separate locations have been searched, leading to the discovery of further body parts.

Salford park searched in torso murder probe

Greater Manchester Police say the latest operation was based on analysis of CCTV evidence.

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[imstilla.grandma]

Police have also searched a house in Worsley Road, Winton; Linneyshaw Colliery Wood; Blackleach Reservoir at Blackleach Country Park, Walkden; land near the Tesco superstore at Pendleton; multiple areas on a footpath, the Worsley Loop Line, in and around Roe Green; the Bridgewater Canal; Parr Fold Park, Walkden; railway embankments near to Chesterfield Close in Eccles; and Bogart Hole Clough in Blackley, Manchester. Further body parts were found at Linneyshaw, Blackleach Reservoir, and Bogart Hole Clough, and Chesterfield Close. In total 16 locations have been checked.

Body parts were found at Kersal Dale, Salford. Two men, Michal Jaroslaw Polchowski, 68, and Marcin Majerkiewicz, 42, both of Worsley Road, Eccles, have been charged with Mr Everett's murder. They have been remanded in custody ahead of an appearance at Manchester Crown Court on July 18, when they are expected to enter a plea.

Murder cops find 'potentially significant' evidence in Greater Manchester park

Buile Hill is one of four parks searched in the region in the Stuart Everett murder probe

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[Becky53]

Two men have pleaded not guilty to murder after human remains were found across multiple locations in Greater Manchester.

Michal Jaroslaw Polchowski, 68, wearing a black t-shirt, and Marcin Majerkiewicz, 42, wearing a black jumper, both appeared in the dock at Manchester Crown Court this morning (July 18).
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The full charge reads as follows: "Between March 24 2024 and April 5 2025, it is alleged both defendants murdered Stuart Everett, also known as Roman Ziemacki."

Mr Polchowski and Mr Marjerkiewicz, both of Worsley Road, Eccles, pleaded not guilty via a Polish interpreter. They also pleaded not guilty to an alternate offence of the manslaughter of Mr Everett.

Two men plead not guilty to murder of Stuart Everett

Michal Jaroslaw Polchowski, 68, and Marcin Majerkiewicz, 42, both deny murder

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[Dotta]

Two men have pleaded not guilty to murder after human remains were found across multiple locations in Greater Manchester.

Michal Jaroslaw Polchowski, 68, wearing a black t-shirt, and Marcin Majerkiewicz, 42, wearing a black jumper, both appeared in the dock at Manchester Crown Court this morning (July 18).
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The full charge reads as follows: "Between March 24 2024 and April 5 2025, it is alleged both defendants murdered Stuart Everett, also known as Roman Ziemacki."

Mr Polchowski and Mr Marjerkiewicz, both of Worsley Road, Eccles, pleaded not guilty via a Polish interpreter. They also pleaded not guilty to an alternate offence of the manslaughter of Mr Everett.

Two men plead not guilty to murder of Stuart Everett

Michal Jaroslaw Polchowski, 68, and Marcin Majerkiewicz, 42, both deny murder

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"is alleged both defendants murdered Stuart Everett,

also known as Roman Ziemacki."

What does it mean?

Was the victim also Polish?

Because
Roman Ziemacki - both name and surname are Polish.

 

[Becky53]

"is alleged both defendants murdered Stuart Everett,

also known as Roman Ziemacki."

What does it mean?

Was the victim also Polish?

Because
Roman Ziemacki - both name and surname are Polish.

No idea Dotta.

I’d always assumed he was British as there’s a corresponding birth index that fits for the name Stuart Everett born 1957 in Barton registration district which covers Winton etc.

FreeBMD Entry Info

edited to add
Scratch that don’t think above is him as registered in the last quarter so that would make him 66.

 

[OrangeCash]

The full charge reads as follows: "Between March 24 2024 and April 5 2025, it is alleged both defendants murdered Stuart Everett, also known as Roman Ziemacki."

I think this is a typo and should read '2024'

 

[Becky53]

A man's dismembered remains were found in six different locations across Greater Manchester, a murder trial jury has heard.

Stuart Everett, 67, is believed to have died between 27 and 28 March last year and was subsequently cut up.

Marcin Majerkiewicz, 42, has denied the murder of Mr Everett, as well as an alternative charge of manslaughter, and is due to stand trial at Manchester Crown Court.

A jury was sworn in earlier and was warned by the trial judge, Mr Justice Cavanagh, that some of the evidence would be "distressing".

The prosecution is due to formally open its case on Tuesday and the trial is estimated to last for up to four weeks.

Stuart Everett: Man's body parts found in six places, jury told

Marcin Majerkiewicz is due to stand trial for the murder of 67-year-old Stuart Everett.

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Wonder what happened to Michal Jaroslaw Polchowski the other fella?

 

[Gemmie]

Human torso wrapped in plastic found at nature reserve in Salford

The remains were discovered in a secluded woodland area and are believed to have been there for 24 to 36 hours before they were found. They have not been identified.

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''The torso had been there for 24 to 36 hours before it was found and is that of an adult, it is believed''.
''Chief Superintendent Tony Creely, from GMP's Salford division, said: "We do not know the identity of the person, or whether they are male or female.''

Sounds like less than a torso to me. The definition if a torso is head and limbless. They include the pelvic area/genitals.

Sounds like whoever did this was trying not to leave much behind in terms of identifying what was left. It makes me wonder at what point did this person cut? Likely not the hips as that can be the widest area if you consider bones. Their waist?

 

[Becky53]

10:21ANDREW BARDSLEY

Proceedings get under​

The jury of six men and six women are back in court, and Jason Pitter KC is now opening the case on behalf of the prosecution.

Mr Majerkiewicz is in the dock and following proceedings with the assistance of an interpreter.


10:25KEY EVENT

Body was 'sawn' into '27 pieces', jurors told​

Mr Pitter says that a lower torso and thighs were found in a wooded area within Kersal Dale nature reserve in Salford on April 4 last year.

Mr Pitter said: "They had been hidden in an abandoned bunker there wrapped in cling film. For obvious reasons it was not known who that person or who those parts belonged to was. What was apparent was that it must have been a man who had been, it transpired, sawn into pieces. As you will come to hear, 27 pieces.

"That initial gruesome finding was to trigger investigations that led to, a number of weeks later further parts, including parts of his skull, and ear over various locations in the Greater Manchester area."

Mr Pitter says the case will be about who the man was, and who was responsible for murdering him, cutting him into pieces and despoting his body in various locations.

10:26ANDREW BARDSLEY

Jury hears Mr Everett and Mr Majerkiewicz lived together​

Mr Pitter says an investigation discovered that the man was Stuart Everett, who was 67-years-old when he died.

He alleges that Marcin Majerkiewicz was responsible for Mr Everett's murder. He tells the jury that the pair had lived together at a property in Winton, Eccles.


10:32ANDREW BARDSLEY

'We say this is plainly murder', prosecutor says as jury taken through indictment​

The prosecutor is now taking the jury through the indictment, or the list of allegations. Count one on the indictment is murder.

The KC says: "The prosecution have to prove so that you are sure that Stuart Everett was unlawfully killed, and at the time whoever did so intended to kill him or cause him really serious harm.

"The prosecution say what was done to him will perhaps help you to conclude what the intention was of the person who killed him.

"As part of the process of killing him, cutting him into pieces and depositing his body about the Greater Manchester area. We do not understand there to be any real issue as to what must have been intended.

"Similarly, we do not understand there to be any suggestion that he was lawfully killed. The prosecution say that whoever killed him, you can be sure is guilty of murder.”

The dates on the indictment span from March 24 to April 5, 2024. Mr Pitter says: “That is just the time from within which the prosecution say Stuart Everett was killed.

"There is, the prosecution say, good evidence from which you can conclude that Stuart Everett was killed on the evening and into the early hours of March 27 and March 28.

"But in any event, he must have been killed before the first discovery of some of his remains on April 4.”

He says that count two is an alternative count of manslaughter.

Mr Pitter continues: “We say this is plainly murder.”

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[Becky53]

10:36ANDREW BARDSLEY

Jury told more about Mr Everett​

Mr Pitter is now telling the jury more about Mr Everett.

He says: "At the time of his killing he was 67 years of age. You will hear that perhaps he may not necessarily have been in the greatest of health, that may be relevant when we come to some of the medical evidence.

"He also was of Polish heritage. He was in fact born Roman Ziemacki. A name which will become more relevant when we consider emails and email accounts purporting to be communications to and from him, but we say very much linked to the defendant, in a way that they should not be in ordinary legitimate circumstances.

"Stuart Everett had a brother, Richard Ziemacki, who lived in the Derby area and you will hear some evidence from him in particular relevant to the final movements of Stuart Everett."



10:38ANDREW BARDSLEY

Jury hears about Mr Everett's living arrangements​

He says Mr Everett lived at a property on Worsley Road in Winton, Eccles. He was the sole tenant, and paid rent to landlord Mohammed Abdul Razzaq.

Mr Everett 'sub-letted' two rooms inside the property to two men, Mr Majerkiewicz and another man with Polish origin, Michal Polchowski.

Mr Pitter says Mr Polchowski is not a witness in the case but that he will be referenced within the evidence.

The KC says: "In particular, it may be that he was in the premises around the time that Stuart Everett was killed. His name also features in some of the actions taken by the defendant, which the prosecution say was him [Mr Majerkiewicz] trying to cover his own actions and possibly implicate Mr Polchoswki.

"So whilst Polchowski was initially arrested and faced these allegation along with the defendant, as the investigation continued it became plain the prosecution say that there was, we say, insufficient to sustain such an allegation or indeed suggest that anyone could be sure of his knowing participation in what was to occur to Mr Everett, that is beyond the defendant using him as potential cover for his actions.

"The prosecution say that on full analysis, a proper conclusion is in fact that the defendant was responsible for the murder of Stuart Everett."


10:41ANDREW BARDSLEY

'They were close'​

Mr Pitter says that Mr Majerkiewicz is also of Polish origin.

He says: "That precise nature of the relationship with Stuart is not entirely clear. What can be said is that they were close, as evidenced by some of the communications, in particular from Stuart.

"That closeness, it would appear to have enabled the defendant to access and take some control of the identity of Stuart Everett, in particular e-mail and telephone services, especially after Stuart Everett’s death.

"During the course of the case you will hear of his communications with his partner Agnes. She lived not far away from Worsley Road. Those communications included expressions of frustration about Stuart, and at times also Michal, and in particular about a potential increase in the rent. They also disclose some of the actions of the defendant utilising Stuart’s identity."



10:53BENJAMIN BLOSSE

First discovery came on April 4​

Mr Pitter says that the first discovery of remains came on April 4 last year, when a member of the public discovered them in an 'isolated bunker' within Kersal Dale nature reserve in Salford.

The remains had been 'wrapped in blood stained cling film'. The emergency services were alerted.

The KC says that the remains were later found to be the 'lower abdomen and thighs' of Stuart Everett.

He says: "Whilst those body parts were recovered by the police for examination, it could not, for obvious reasons, despite preliminary tests being done, it could not be identified whose body they belonged to at that stage."

He says that 'extensive' enquiries were undertaken, including obtaining CCTV footage, telecommunications data, emails and banking transactions.

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[Becky53]

10:54BENJAMIN BLOSSE

Man seen holding 'heavy blue bag for life'​

Mr Pitter says that police discovered footage which showed a man entering Kersal Dale from Bury New Road and walking near the where the remains were deposited at about 5pm on April 2, holding a 'heavy, blue bag for life'.

He says: "A part of the item in the bag was visible and the prosecution say was of a size that could match the body part later recovered.

"No other person is captured arriving at the Kersal Dale at that entrance carrying any item that could contain the body parts discovered.

"That person was to emerge a short while later holding only what appeared to be a small flat object consistent with being the same bag but this time folded up.

"A proper conclusion was that this was the person, the prosecution say it was the defendant, dumping that part of the body in the bunker.

“Further footage led to police observing at an earlier stage in the day, a couple of hours before the Kersal Dale deposition, to make a similar type of journey going out from and returning to Worsley Road. On that occasion they did so with a green and yellow bag for life and the journey was to the area of Tesco in Pendleton.

“That person on the footage had distinctive characters by way of clothing and in particular his notable shoulder length hair.”

Jurors are shown a picture of Mr Majerkiewicz from the time when he had longer hair, which Mr Pitter says is ‘much shorter now’.

Police stopped Mr Majerkiewicz on April 25 after he was seen to match the person in the footage.

He had two mobile phones, one of which belonged to Mr Everett and a number of bank cards belonging to Mr Everett. He gave his address as Worsley Road.



10:55BENJAMIN BLOSSE

Housemate showed police messaged from Mr Everett 'sent when he was already dead'​

Mr Pitter says that this 'inevitably' led to the property on Worsley Road.

The KC says of attending police officers: "Whilst they were there Michal Polchowski arrived. He was to show them a message purporting to be from Stuart Everett which informed them that, amongst other things, he was in Derby, had had a stroke and was unwell and therefore his items would be removed from their property and transported to Derby.

"That message was dated in April 2024, but the prosecution say that from a proper analysis of his mobile telephone it occurred at a time when he, that’s Stuart Everett, was already dead.

"The prosecution say that was message which was a part of the cover up by the defendant, and therefore was sent by him. As part of that message it also contained Stuart Everett’s bank details and gave apparent permission to use them. He, Michal Polchowski, was also arrested."


10:58KEY EVENT

Police found 'evidence of significant cover-up'​

Mr Pitter says that police searched the premises and skip outside.

They found bloodstaining in 'key locations', including to an area of 'cut out carpet' in a room within the premises attributable to the defendant.

He claims there was 'evidence of a significant cover-up operation from items discovered from the skip'.

The KC says: "So it was that then that there was an emerging picture that something terrible had happened in that house, and that the person that happened to be killed was that third person that lived there, Stuart Everett."



11:00BENJAMIN BLOSSE

Body parts found across Greater Manchester​

Police seized Mr Majerkiewicz's phone and examined its contents.

Further CCTV investigations found that Mr Everett was not seen on any footage after March 27.

He claims that on March 28, Mr Majerkiewicz travelled to the nearby Worsley Woods with a wheelie bag, and returned without the bag.

Mr Pitter says: "Whilst no body parts were found in those woods, a black bin bag was found with blood that matched Stuart Everett."

Later that day, Mr Majerkiewicz was allegedly seen carrying a 'large blue bag' away from Worsley Road to the area near Chesterfield Close.

The KC says: "At that location a further nine packages of body parts were recovered there. Significantly this included many internal organs including the heart, kidney, lungs, and his, Stuart Everett’s genitalia."

Mr Pitter claims that Mr Majerkiewicz travelled from his home to Boggart Hole Clough on March 29, where a ‘section of Stuart Everett’s spinal column’ was discovered.

He also claimed that footage showed the defendant travelling to the area of Linnyshaw Colliery Wood that same day with a 'large, apparently heavy bag', and leaving without one.

A search later in April found a second package of body parts wrapped in cling film.

The KC says: "It contained bones, muscle tissues and was comprised of 10 different body parts which appeared to have been sawed away from the body.

"The body parts included parts of the neck which showed signs of damage and injury being caused prior to death."

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[Becky53]

11:09BENJAMIN BLOSSE

Accused seen on CCTV 'arriving with an apparently heavy bag but each time leaving without it'​

Mr Pitter claims that Mr Majerkiewicz was in the area of Blackleach Reservoir on April 3, carrying a red bag with 'something heavy inside'.

He says: "Located in that area were a further six parts, six in total, including parts of the skull, scalp and left ear near to the water’s edge. Also relevant to the medical findings, parts of the skin from his face."

Mr Pitter says: "So, the prosecution say we have the defendant in attendance at each of those locations or at least travel consistent with those locations where those body parts had been recovered.

"The CCTV footage placing him in and around those locations, often arriving with an apparently heavy bag but each time leaving without it or we say having emptied the contents.”

Mr Pitter says ‘about a third’ of Mr Everett’s body has been recovered.

He references Mr Polchowski: “The telephone and CCTV analysis also places Polchowski away from those key places in relation to the disposal of the body parts."

He says Mr Polchowski gave Mr Everett as a referee to a letting agent, which Mr Pitter says he may not have been aware he was dead.


11:09BENJAMIN BLOSSE

Evidence of 'attempted clean up' of carpets at the house​

The prosecutor says that scientific tests revealed that the body parts were all from the same body, and blood at the scene in Worsley Road matched the body parts.

Mr Pitter says: "The only proper conclusion is that they together made up the partial body of Stuart Everett, who it would appear was killed at that address at a time after he was last seen on March 27, but before the trips to dispose of the body parts we say, on March 28."

He says that in the property on Worsley Road, there was blood staining on the washing machine door handle. Some carpet had been cut up, and blood from the floorboard underneath was a close match of Stuart Everett.

He said that Mr Majerkiewicz's DNA was also present in that area.

He claimed there was evidence of an 'attempted clean up' of the carpets.


11:11BENJAMIN BLOSSE

Mr Everett was subjected to 'sustained, severe assault', pathologist says​

Mr Pitter is now telling the jury about the findings of the pathologist, Dr Philip Lumb.

Dr Lumb said that an examination of the recovered parts of the skull revealed that Mr Everett had been ‘subjected to a sustained, severe force blunt force physical assault in the form of repeated strikes to the head with a heavy blunt implement'.

He said that skull fracturing and internal bleeding was 'typical of that seen in a fatal assault'.

The medical cause of death was 'blunt force head injuries', jurors hear.

Mr Pitter says: "The prosecution say anyone inflicting head injuries of that nature plainly intended death or really serious harm."

He added: "The body was obviously dismembered into multiple pieces, with him identifying 27 parts of the body. The bones had been dismembered more likely by the use of a hacksaw."

Dr Lumb said it was 'likely' that Mr Everett had been dismembered after death, but it was 'possible' that some of the cuts happened while he was still alive.

He said that 'some of the specimens appeared to be skilfully wrapped in plastic film'. No 'typical defensive injuries' were found by the pathologist.

Mr Pitter said: “Together, those findings, it probably won’t surprise you, marked a brutal attack on Stuart Everett leading to his death.”


11:17KEY EVENT

Police found blood-stained hacksaw blade in skip​

Mr Pitter tells the jury: "After the killing, the prosecution say that there was a great attempt at cleaning up and also clearing out of Worsley Road. You will see from some of the communications, that this involved a narrative that they were going to have move out of the premises, and that in part that was because Stuart Everett had had a stroke and was not able to return immediately from Derby where he had been visiting his brother.

"In part, this was generated through messages sent to Michal from Stuart Everett’s telephone. At a time though when the prosecution say it was plainly in the possession of the defendant."

The prosecutor said that a neighbour noticed that black bags were being moved from the property from around April 3. A skip was also ordered.

Police searched the skip and found a ‘hacksaw blade’ in a black bin bag, which jurors hear contained Mr Everett’s blood.

A black top was found in a bin which smelt of detergent, which the prosecution say was the defendant’s. No scientific evidence was found on the piece of clothing, jurors hear.

Jurors are also told that antibacterial wipes were found from the bin, which contained blood. Mr Pitter claims that it contained Mr Everett's blood and Mr Majerkiewicz's DNA.

He says Mr Majerkiewicz began purchasing ‘clean up items’ on the afternoon of March 28.

A fridge in the property had Mr Everett's DNA present on it, and a sofa contained blood, the prosecutor says.


11:19BENJAMIN BLOSSE

Police found more 'implicating' items at accused's partner's house​

Police also searched the home of Mr Majerkiewicz's partner on nearby Lentworth Drive.

Mr Pitter says items 'implicating' the defendant were discovered there.

He says a Rug Dr carpet cleaning product was found which contained 'blood-stained skin and bone fragments' belonging to Mr Everett, a pair of sliders which contained Mr Everett's blood and Mr Majerkiewicz's DNA, and a suit which also contained Mr Everett's blood and Mr Majerkiewicz's DNA.

There was staining containing Mr Everett's blood on an empty Lenor bottle, and blood on an electrical cord, Mr Pitter tells the jury.

The KC says: "You might well expect blood and body tissue and DNA widely over places and on items connected to the person responsible for killing and dismembering Stuart Everett. That is why you have here also in connection with the defendant."

Jurors have left court for a short break.

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[Becky53]

11:46BENJAMIN BLOSSE

Accused was 'trying to build a picture that victim was still alive'​

The jury is back in court and Mr Pitter is resuming his opening speech.

Mr Pitter is now telling the jury about evidence relating to phones. He says that Mr Majerkiewicz had two phones seized from him, his own phone and Mr Everett's phone.

His own phone had been set up on the Giff Gaff phone network using Mr Everett's details, jurors hear.

Mr Pitter tells the jury: "That was in the months before he was to go on and kill him. A consideration for you will be why he was using Stuart Everett’s details, and whether this was to play any role in why he was to go on to kill him.

"There is some evidence on the part of Stuart Everett having an appreciation of the defendant taking advantage of him not long before his death."

The prosecutor says that Mr Majerkiewicz's phone was ‘broadly on’ throughout this period but it was turned off in the early hours of March 28.

Mr Pitter says: "We say a proper conclusion is that that is not a mere coincidence, but coincides with the conclusion that he had killed Stuart Everett on night of March 27 and into March 28."

Jurors are told that on April 2 the defendant searched online for 'best remover of stain carpet uk'.

Mr Pitter says of Mr Majerkiewicz: "On April 3 there is evidence that he researched the home address of Stuart Everett’s brother in Derby. We say that was so he could send a birthday card to him under the guise of Stuart Everett."

Jurors are told that the defendant’s fingerprint was on the card.

The KC claims the defendant was ‘trying to build that picture that Stuart Everett was still alive’.


11:53KEY EVENT

Messages sent off Mr Everett's phone 'when he was already dead'​

Mr Pitter says: "Messages were sent to people including family members, calculated to give the impression that Stuart Everett was still alive. That included exchanges with Stuart’s niece to wish her a happy birthday, but sent in terminology which was not consistent to have been from him.

"That would be correct of course given the message was sent on April 16 when he was already dead. It also included messages to his brother to give the impression that he was in the process of moving to a different address from Worsley Road.

"It also included a video message being sent, in which the defendant can plainly be seen in the reflection on the splash back of a cooker."

The prosecutor claims that Mr Majerkiewicz used Mr Everett's phone to access Mr Everett's ‘financial and personal affairs’ including bank accounts, Paypal accounts, and his Government gateway account.

Mr Pitter said: "He was in effect utilising the accounts of Stuart Everett for his own personal ends, or as if they were his own ends."

He added: "That included, perhaps you may conclude calculatingly, on April 6 paying the landlord rent from Stuart Everett’s bank account and then sending messages from Stuart Everett’s telephone to the landlord, indicating that he had paid the rent.

"That sat with a letter to the landlord indicating an intention to quit the lease. Part of that picture of he, the defendant, painting of Stuart Everett being alive, but moving on.

"Chillingly, given what was to happen to his body, Stuart Everett’s telephone was used to search 'Kersal Dale’ following the discovery on April 22. The defendant also used the telephone to order and book the skip in which items related to the killing were placed."


11:56BENJAMIN BLOSSE

Accused told 'number of important lies' to police under interview​

Jurors hear that Mr Majerkiewicz was interviewed by police on April 26.

Prosecutors claim he told a 'number of important lies', saying he knew nothing about the murder or the disposal of body parts, and that the last time he had seen Mr Everett was before Easter when Mr Everett said he was going to see his brother in Derby.

He said that Mr Everett had texted him to say he would not be returning. He said he was planning on leaving the property as he had ‘notice to move’ by May 3.

Mr Pitter said: "He also made reference as part of that lying picture to cover what he had done, that Stuart had indicated that he had had another stroke recently and he had been hospitalised."

Mr Majerkiewicz said that he had called Mr Everett a few days earlier, and denied having access to Mr Everett's accounts or phone.

Mr Pitter said: "When asked if he believed Stuart was safe and well, he stated the following: 'I hope so, all leads need to be checked'. The prosecution say they were, and those leads point to him, the defendant, being responsible for murdering Stuart Everett."


12:00BENJAMIN BLOSSE

'Wealth of evidence' accused murdered Stuart Everett, prosecution say​

Concluding his opening speech to the jury, Mr Pitter says: "There is then, the prosecution say, a wealth of evidence upon which you can be sure that he was responsible for the murder of Stuart Everett. You may ask of course, why did he do that, what was behind it?

"Well, the prosecution do not have what was behind it or to prove a motive, and we do not seek to in this case, but there are a number of messages that you will hear in this case and will want to consider.

"They are messages in the build up to the disappearance of Stuart Everett, messages with his partner, that demonstrate a growing sense of frustration with Stuart Everett, and potentially that he had in mind doing something to him.”

Mr Pitter reads out some messages to the jury. Referring to Mr Polchowski, Mr Majerkiewicz allegedly messaged his partner to say: “The *** heard what I’m planning’.”

Mr Pitter says there was also ‘tension’ over an increase in rent which Mr Everett told Mr Majerkiewicz about, after Mr Everett was told his rent was increasing.

Speaking of the messages, Mr Pitter says: "If that is right, then that is potentially a potent piece of evidence for you to put into the mix.”

His opening speech has now concluded.

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[Becky53]

12:33 ANDREW BARDSLEY

"The last time I saw Roman in person"

Junior prosecution counsel is now reading a statement from Richard Ziemacki, Mr Everett's brother.

Mr Ziemacki says that his sibling has an English name, Stuart Everett, and his nickname was Benny.

He said they had a 'close relationship despite living in different cities' and kept in touch over the phone.

Mr Ziemacki said his brother would come to stay at his home 'several times a year', in particular at Christmas time and 'when the Cheltenham races are on'.

He said: "The last time I saw Roman in person was when he came to stay with me at my address in Derby on Monday, March 11, 2024. He went back to Manchester on Saturday, March 16."


12:33 ANDREW BARDSLEY

WhatsApp contact

Mr Ziemacki said that his brother messaged him later to let him know he had got home safe.

He said the last phone call he had with his brother was on March 25, when Mr Everett rang him.

He said he had contact with his brother on WhatsApp 'right up to Thursday, April 18'.

Mr Ziemacki said he received a message from his brother's phone saying 'he was moving back to the address he used to live at', which was nearby.


12:54 ANDREW BARDSLEY

"Best of luck"

Mr Ziemacki said there wasn't anything that concerned him in the messages, but that it was 'unexpected' to hear that he was moving because the landlord wanted to sell the property.

Mr Ziemacki said: "My brother said he did agree to this in his WhatsApp messages, that there was another property to go to which he was happy with.

"He sent these messages on April 16.

"I replied 'best of luck' and reminded him it was my daughter's birthday that day. He messaged me that he had forgot and thanked me, and said he had sent her £20 for scratch cards.

"My daughter Marie told me she had received £20 in her account from Roman that he had transferred that day. It is a thing of Roman's to buy scratch cards for the family for Christmas and birthdays."

He added: "My only concern for Roman has been about his health.

"I have never been there [Worsley Road] in all of the years he has lived there. He would come to stay with me because all the family lives near me that he wants to see."

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Murder accused 'had lots of tattoos'

Mr Ziemacki said his brother had told him about his housemate Michal. He said Michal 'doesn't like spending money' and works long hours in a food packaging factory.

He would send money back to his wife in Poland, he said. He said the only complaint was that Michal was 'set in his ways'.

He said he believed his brother had lived with Michal for about 15 years.

Mr Ziemacki said that he also told him about a man called Marcin, who he said worked as a manager at a chicken restaurant.

He said Mr Everett said that Marcin would spend time at the weekends with his children. He had 'lots of tattoos', Mr Ziemacki said of Marcin.


13:27 ANDREW BARDSLEY

Victim had known Marcin for 'many years'

Mr Ziemacki said he thought his brother had known Marcin for 'many years'.

He said that his brother told him both men worked 'long hours'.

He said his brother was the 'head of of the household' and that he dealt with the landlord.

In a second statement, Mr Ziemacki said that he was visited by police on April 28.

They discussed a birthday card that he had received from his brother for his birthday on April 5, 2024.

He said the message in the card read: "To Rich. Happy birthday. All the best, my old man."

With a 'smiley face' and four kisses.

Mr Ziemacki said: "I have since looked at the birthday card and I don't recognise the handwriting as belonging to my brother.

"Benny has never referred to me as my old man, this is not a phrase he would use, he was always a lot more endearing towards me."


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"He was well liked and very sociable"

Then a statement was read on behalf of Marie Ziemacki, who says she is Mr Everett's niece.

She said police visited her on April 28 and discussed a birthday card she received for her teenage son.

The card was addressed to her son and said: "Ask your mum for my present, love Uncle Benny."

A statement was then read on behalf of Alan Perry, who said he had been a friend of Mr Everett for around 45 years after meeting him through his brother Richard.

He said Mr Everett was 'jolly' and 'liked a laugh', and was 'someone everyone got on with'.

"He was well liked and very sociable," Mr Perry said.

He said he had spent time with Mr Everett at social clubs in Derby, before his friend moved to Manchester some time in the early 2000s.

Mr Perry said he would see Mr Everett when he returned to Derby to visit his brother.

He said the last such time was in March 2024 when he returned for the Cheltenham Races.

He said he came into the Chaddesden Park Social Club in Derby on March 11, where Mr Perry is the secretary.

"He was pleasant and jolly," Mr Perry said. He said he believed Mr Everett had previously worked from home for a call centre.

"Aside from that, he never talked about his life back in Manchester," Mr Perry said.

He said the last time he saw Mr Everett was in Derby before he left to go back home.

Mr Perry said he and Mr Everett would share 'jokes' between each other on WhatsApp.

Mr Perry said he received a meme from Mr Everett saying 'your club needs you' on March 27.

"I sent a reply saying 'here now'."

He added: "I would describe Stuart as a pleasant, jolly person who presented as living life with no problems. He would just get on with it."

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13:42 KEY EVENT

Two men 'had done a good job cleaning the house'​

A statement was read on behalf of Abdullah Khan, a workman who carried out work at the property where Mr Everett lived for the landlord.

He said it appeared Mr Everett was a 'hoarder', and that the house smelt of cigarette smoke.

A statement was read on behalf of Mohammed Abdul Razzaq, the landlord of the property where Mr Everett lived.

He said of Mr Everett: "He was very chatty, he was a very nice guy.

"He mentioned working for the Government issuing National Insurance. He never mentioned any family. He never seemed to have any issues with the house so he rarely contacted me."

Mr Razzaq said that he received a message from Mr Everett saying he was in hospital in Derby.

He said that the following day on April 6 he received a message from Mr Everett's phone saying: "Hi, I have sent for rent few mins ago, should be in your acc today. Sorry for slightly late."

Mr Razzaq said he visited the property on April 20. He said Mr Everett was not there, and that two men were there.

"I was actually impressed they had done a good job cleaning the house," he said. "They never mentioned Stuart Everett during my time visiting the house that day."

He said that after hearing Mr Everett had been murdered, he looked back at the messages he had received from him.

"I can say that the English isn't as good in them as his previous messages," the witness said.

He added: "I am very shocked about what has happened."


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Taxi driver said Mr Everett 'seemed vulnerable'​

A further statement was read on behalf of Cressida Dickinson, a taxi driver who regularly picked up Mr Everett.

She said that on March 10 she picked him up and took him home, with another man in the back. She said he seemed 'intoxicated' and was 'slumped against the window'.

She said the two men seemed 'mismatched'. "He could have killed him," she said.

She said Mr Everett 'seemed vulnerable'.

When he got out of the taxi he fell over 'like a dead weight' and the other man went to help him, she said.

She said she picked Mr Everett up again a week later.

"I did want to ask further," she said. "But I just left it alone. That was the last time I saw Stuart.

"Knowing what has happened, I really wish I had pushed him to find out if there was a problem."

14:25 CHRIS SLATER

Jury told of sequence of events​

Junior prosecution counsel, Ben Campbell, is now taking the jury through a document detailing the 'sequence of events'.

The officer in the case, Detective Sergeant Suzanne Holt, from GMP's Major Investigation Team, has been called into the witness box.

She agrees with Mr Campbell that as part of her role she had to examine 'more than one mobile number and associated call data from service providers', as well as performing an 'extensive review of CCTV from a number of locations'.

Mr Campbell says when he was arrested on April 25, Mr Majerkiewicz had two mobile phone handsets.

"One of them, on analysis, was plainly his own handset," he said. The other was found 'on analysis' to 'have been a handset belonging to Mr Everett'.

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