Police say Andrew Burfield is a 'cruel, vindictive man' who began his trial denying murder 'despite the overwhelming evidence'.
Police say Andrew Burfield is a"cruel, vindictive man" who began his trial denying murder"despite the overwhelming evidence".A man has been jailed for life with a minimum term of 32 years for the murder of Katie Kenyon, whose body was found in a shallow grave in a forest.
Andrew Burfield, 51 and from Burnley, initially claimed the axe attack was an accident, but a post mortem showed the mother-of-two was struck an estimated 12 times.The jury heard Burfield travelled to Gisburn Forest in Lancashire in April for a picnic with Miss Kenyon, 33, who he was in a relationship with.Andrew Burfield used this axe in the murder
A forensic pathologist described his claim that he hit Miss Kenyon accidently as"completely implausible". Burfield then buried her body in a grave, which he dug the day before her death, in the Forest of Bowland in Lancashire.Image:Miss Kenyon's body was discovered by police a few days later. Initially Burfield told officers he didn't know her whereabouts before later changing his version of events.
Speaking outside court after Burfield changed his plea, Detective Chief Inspector Allen Davies said:"Andrew Burfield is a cruel, vindictive man" who"elected to run a trial despite the overwhelming evidence in this case."
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