A musician was found guilty in Britain today of strangling a teacher to death to fulfil a "bizarre and macabre" sexual fantasy.
Graham Coutts (35) of Waterloo Street, in Hove, East Sussex, kept 31-year-old Jane Longhurst's body in a box in his shed for 11 days, before moving it to a storage unit in Brighton for a further two weeks.
The special needs teacher's burning naked body was finally found on Wiggonholt Common near Pulborough, West Sussex, on April 19th last year.
Coutts denied murder at Lewes Crown Court. The jury deliberated for nine hours and 10 minutes before reaching a unanimous verdict.
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Judge Richard Brown sentenced Coutts to life imprisonment ordering that he must serve a minimum of 30 years.
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