Robert Halliwell, 48, and Melanie Bullen, 53, had been taking drugs alongside Kerry Newman when they woke up to find Ms Newman, 40, had died.
Robert Halliwell, 48, Melanie Bullen, 53, took drugs alongside Kerry Newman. They woke up to find she had died dragged her body to a Rochdale alleywayAn 'evil' couple who dragged their friend's dead body 'face-down through the mud' before dumping it near a primary school have been jailed.
Robert Halliwell, 48, and Melanie Bullen, 53, had been taking drugs alongside Kerry Newman when they woke up to find Ms Newman, 40, had died Nicholas Clarke, prosecuting, told Manchester's Minshull Street Crown Court heard that after recovering various CCTV footage, police were able to identify the defendants and trace them back to Halliwell's flat.
Ms Newman's body was discovered at around 4:50am that same morning by a man walking home from PureGym, located in the retail park. Ms Newman's body was discovered at around 4:50am that same morning by a man walking home from PureGym, located in the retail park Bullen later gave a prepared statement saying she had known Ms Newman for 10 years, and said both her and Halliwell were regular drug users. She also said that Ms Newman had taken drugs, including heroin, the night before her death.Halliwell said in a prepared statement that Ms Newman was a friend of Bullen's and he had only known her for a few days. He said on July 15, Ms Newman was not breathing properly, and Bullen had tried to give her mouth to mouth.
A post-mortem was carried out the same day but Ms Newman's cause of death could not be ascertained. There were a number of bruises to her body, and samples were then taken to allow for a toxicology report. In an emotional statement, Ms Newman's mother, Julie, said: 'I am the proud mother of Kerry Newman who was taken away by a horrible evil pair.
Ms Ingham said: 'This was an act in sheer panic. He has PTSD, bipolar, severe anxiety and depression. He had been battling drug addiction for a significant proportion of his life.'
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