John Allison, thirty-six knifed
Daniel Pitham, 33, multiple times, including once through the heart, in an
attack at the victim’s home in Bedworth, Warwickshire, on May 6 last year.
The carpet fitter who
stabbed a disabled former footballer and hid his body under the stairs in a
rolled-up rug has been found guilty of murder.
Allison and his friend
Scott Warner, 36, then rolled his body in carpet and stuffed it in a cupboard
under the stairs.
After the murder, Allison
texted his wife Toni, 34, telling her: “I’ve done something really bad, baby.
I’ve got to sort it before I end up in jail for years.”
She replied: “You need to
get rid of your phone.”
Police discovered Pitham’s
body the next day after his family became concerned when they were unable to
contact him.
He had been repeatedly
stabbed including through the heart, abdomen and liver, the court heard.
Prosecutor Kevin Hegarty
said that on the night of his murder, Pitham had been drinking in a pub with
the defendants.
Allison, of Bedworth,
claimed he accidentally stabbed Pitham in self-defence but he was found guilty
of murder following a six-week trial at Warwick Crown Court.
His wife was found guilty
of two counts of perverting the course of justice. Warner, also of Bedworth,
admitted to perverting the course of justice.
All three will be sentenced
on March 6.
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