Bournemouth man who murdered lodger and cut up body is jailed for life

Bournemouth man who murdered lodger and cut up body is jailed for life

Benjamin Atkins dumped body parts of Simon Shotton around seaside resort last year after fight over £30 debt

A man who murdered his lodger in a “ferocious attack” before cutting up his body and dropping packages of his dismembered limbs along Bournemouth seafront has been jailed for life with a minimum of 19 years.

Benjamin Atkins, 49, was convicted by a jury at Winchester crown court in May for the murder of 49-year-old Simon Shotton, whose legs were found in packages by a member of the public on the Manor Steps Zig Zag footpath in the Boscombe area of the Dorset seaside resort in August 2023.

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