Killer James Desborough cut up and burned his victims before dumping them in woodland near his home.

Daniel Coleman and Claudio Aquilino were last seen alive in the company of their killer James Desborough Those were Claudio Aquilino's words during a 999 call the day before he disappeared. He was frightened and told police he wanted nothing to do with a crime he believed was about to be committed by a man called James Desborough. About 12 hours later on 18 April 2025, CCTV captured Aquilino with Desborough in a Newquay pub. Police found his burnt remains in a stream months later as they searched woodland owned by Desborough near Sticker, a small village in south Cornwall. By then another man - Daniel Coleman - had also vanished after last being seen in Desborough's company. His remains were found nearby. Desborough denied murdering either man, claiming they had died separately in a "series of unfortunate circumstances", but yesterday he was convicted of both of their murders after a seven-week trial at Winchester Crown Court. On the same day police revealed they are looking into four unexplained deaths at the homeless shelter that had housed him.