GUILTY UK - Phoenix Netts, 28, found in suitcase, Gloucestershire, 12 May 2020

[HongKongPhooey]

I'm not sure what's more bizarre, the facts so far or the way it's being reported

 

[Boston Corbett]

I'm not sure what's more bizarre, the facts so far or the way it's being reported

I see the Times and Telegraph have it but they're pay for play, and the Guardian has, evidently, taken a pass. So we are at the tabloids' mercy, and that can be rather fraught.

 

[HayLouise]

Pictured: Married father charged after woman's dismembered body was found stuffed in two suitcases | Daily Mail Online

The victim, thought to be a woman from the Lozells area of Birmingham, has not been named pending DNA results.

She could have died as long as a month before the body was discovered, the court was told.

Ms Jones said: 'The investigation began with a road traffic stop by police in Forest of Dean.

'Ms Gordon was found near a quarry while Mr Sorathiya was located up the road and the suitcases were located nearby.

'Mr Sorathiya told the police that he had dropped Ms Gordon at a remote location with a bicycle.'

She said the body was decomposing when police found it in the suitcases.

The court was told the pair had made a number of trips from the Midlands to Gloucestershire and that the body's remains were charred.

Making a bail application for Mr Sorathiya, defence lawyer Ryan O'Donnell said that his client had received a 'small recompense' for his taxi service to the area.

'Mr Sorathiya was spotted cleaning his car in Coleford's high street with wet wipes,' he said.

'He has a settled home life, even if his wife kicked him out recently for a few days after an argument.'

Well.. Wet wipes aren’t going to do very much

 

[astheworldfallsdown]

Well.. Wet wipes aren’t going to do very much

They're an odd thing to clean a car with aren't they? I would use them for the dashboard or steering wheel, that's about it.

 

[meanmaryjean]

What in the wide wide world of sports - wet wipes?????

 

[Alyce]

Just highlighting this bit from HayLouise's link above

Making a bail application for Mr Sorathiya, defence lawyer Ryan O'Donnell said that his client had received a 'small recompense' for his taxi service to the area.

'Mr Sorathiya was spotted cleaning his car in Coleford's high street with wet wipes,' he said.

'He has a settled home life, even if his wife kicked him out recently for a few days after an argument.

 

[Chelly]

Charred female body, split down the middle, carried in suitcases, taxi driver, wet wipes, abattoir home, Mercedes, Range Rover. Is this a Quentin Tarantino film?

 

[HongKongPhooey]

Charred female body, split down the middle, carried in suitcases, taxi driver, wet wipes, abattoir home, Mercedes, Range Rover. Is this a Quentin Tarantino film?

All we're missing is a soundtrack!

 

[CoverMeCagney]

Just discovered the term for cutting a body in half the way they did is midsagittal

Anatomical plane - Wikipedia

 

[Ellmau]

No sign of a Gareeca being born in the UK or on any electoral roll

One of the press reports says she's a Jamaican national.

Interesting that the victim is still unid. I'm thinking some kind of criminal aspect, eg drugs, maybe illegal immigration? The guy being a taxi driver would be useful there?

OTOH it says they're awaiting DNA results, so a relative of one of the accused? Woman held in custody on murder charge after remains found in cases

Also the wet wipes are a bit amateurish.

There seem to be two Salisbury Roads in Birmingham, one in Moseley and one in Birchfield, but the Birhcfield one is the one near Lozells:
Property details for 20 Salisbury Road Birchfield Birmingham B19 1NA - Zoopla

 

[Chelly]

Just discovered the term for cutting a body in half the way they did is midsagittal

Anatomical plane - Wikipedia

Just when I though I'd get through life not needing to know this. Thanks @CoverMeCagney for enhancing my vocabulary.

 

[Chelly]

The taxi driver seemed to live a comfortable life. Wonder how he got mixed up with this duo? A little biz on the side, or did she just hail a cab?

 

[thejeangenie]

While there's a lull on the soundtrack, I might mention absolutely the spookiest true crime case ever in America, the Cleveland Torso Murders, by the so-called Mad Butcher of Kingsbury Run -- never caught. Don't miss this one, true crime fans. It is the best case ever, across the pond. Wiki provides a decent start.

 

[Chelly]

While there's a lull on the soundtrack, I might mention absolutely the spookiest true crime case ever in America, the Cleveland Torso Murders, by the so-called Mad Butcher of Kingsbury Run -- never caught. Don't miss this one, true crime fans. It is the best case ever, across the pond. Wiki provides a decent start.

Holy Smokes!

 

[Amonet]

The taxi driver seemed to live a comfortable life. Wonder how he got mixed up with this duo? A little biz on the side, or did she just hail a cab?

I don't know what MS's occupation is, but the house doesn't seem to fit with him being a taxi driver by trade?

Maybe the wet wipes were covid-related, though, as opposed to trying to clean up something crime-related?

 

[Auntie Cipation]

I just recently listened to the audio version of this book, which featured an apparently famous murder in NY at the end of the nineteenth century, though the story was unfamiliar to me.

https://www.amazon.com/Murder-Century-Scandalized-Sparked-Tabloid/dp/0307592219

It features a man who was murdered and then cut up (along the more traditional anatomical planes) and apparently there was an attempt to boil his legs, though I never understood why.

His upper torso was found in one package, his lower torso in another, and then later his legs were found. His head was apparently never found.

In spite of all the bizarre details (which this case promises to match) it was a fascinating story.

 

[MissUnderstood]

Was the man arrested back home after wife kicked him out as per MSN article above? Where did he stay if not at home? Who does Gareeca live with? Her mother? Friend? Very weird set of circumstances here, that’s for sure.
MOO

 

[madfrank]

Was the man arrested back home after wife kicked him out as per MSN article above? Where did he stay if not at home? Who does Gareeca live with? Her mother? Friend? Very weird set of circumstances here, that’s for sure.
MOO

This is tonight's quiz.

 

[Amonet]

Was the man arrested back home after wife kicked him out as per MSN article above? Where did he stay if not at home? Who does Gareeca live with? Her mother? Friend? Very weird set of circumstances here, that’s for sure.
MOO

It wasn't very clear, was it, whether he'd recently been kicked out for a few days but then been accepted back, or whether he had been kicked out a few days earlier?

It would be interesting to know if the kicking out coincided with either the murder or the drive with the suitcases.

I guess most of these details won't come out until court?

Whatever his part in it, it's one of those things that makes me feel for the families of people charged with things like this.

 

[bluebird69]

I must be reading this wrongly. I thought the man charged was not a taxi driver but only providing the means of transport to dispose of this poor woman's body hence 'taxi' being used loosely by the media. Sure I read somewhere he was a tradesman but can't find it now. MHO