Serial killer James Desborough, 40, who murdered Claudio Aquilino, 57, and Daniel Coleman, 43, before dismembering and hiding their bodies in woodland in Cornwall last year, has been given a whole-life order at Winchester Crown Court.

The former builder is already serving a life sentence after he strangled his prison cellmate, Steven Kempster, 65, at HMP Exeter while on remand awaiting this trial, because of his snoring.

On Tuesday, a jury at Winchester Crown Court had found Desborough guilty of murdering Mr Aquilino and Mr Coleman following a five-week trial.

Desborough, of Old Oak Woods, Lower Sticker, Cornwall, had previously pleaded guilty to preventing the lawful burial of the two men’s bodies.

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