'Tinder swindler' killed Burnley mum Katie Kenyon with axe then buried her, court hears
A 'Tinder Swindler' set bailiffs on his ex-girlfriend leaving her scared to leave her home, before killing her with an axe and burying her in a shallow grave in Gisburn Forest, a court heard.
A post mortem, carried out by Home Office Pathologist Dr Jamie Robinson, concluded Katie had suffered at least 12 blows to her head, and had no defensive wounds to her body - suggesting she had been incapacitated immediately.On the first day of Burfield's trail, the jury of eight women and four men heard how Burfield had been in an on-off relationship with Katie since July 2019.
He promised to give her money to pay off the debt, claiming he did not know how to stop the court proceedings, the court heard. Katie became so desperate to pay off the debt she asked her daughter's father how much she had in her savings, saying she would rather owe him money than Burfield. On April 21, Burfield borrowed a spade from his parents house and drove to Gisburn Forest. He told police he was on a recce for a picnic, but the prosecution say he went to dig Katie's grave.
By 5pm that evening Katie's family were beginning to become concerned as she had not been seen. They suspected Burfield was involved in her disappearance. A number of messages were found in Burfield's iCloud notes, which had been backed up on April 4 - showing they had been written in advance. The messages purported to be from Katie to her children and their fathers saying she was going away to get her head straight, and asking for the children's dad's to step up.
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