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James Desborough given whole‑life terms for Cornwall murders

James Desborough, 40, was convicted at Winchester Crown Court of murdering two homeless men, Claudio Aquilino, 57, and Daniel Coleman, 43, whose bodies he dismembered and hid in woodland near Sticker, Cornwall. Police recovered about 1,900 burned bone fragments of Aquilino from a stream and parts of Coleman's torso, legs and feet from a shallow grave nearby. During the trial it was also established that Desborough had previously been serving a life sentence with a 19‑year minimum for strangling his cellmate, Steven Kempster, 65, at HMP Exeter. The jury returned unanimous guilty verdicts after roughly three hours of deliberation. Judge Mr Justice Saini sentenced Desborough to two whole‑life orders, meaning he will die in prison, and described him as a highly dangerous individual with no regard for human life. Investigators continue to review four unexplained deaths that occurred at the Sandy Lodge homeless shelter where Desborough was staying, although he is not currently a suspect in those cases.

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Claudio Aquilino · Daniel Coleman · James Desborough · Steven Kempster · Sticker Woods · Winchester Crown Court

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