Sadistic gang convicted of murder in UK
A gang of sadists who tortured a "naive and vulnerable" man for 10 years before dumping his decapitated body into a lake were convicted of his murder
London: A gang of sadists who tortured a "naive and vulnerable" man for 10 years before dumping his decapitated body into a lake were convicted of his murder on Saturday.
Michael Gilbert, 26, was used as a ‘dogsbody and slave', shackled to a bed and attacked by the group's pet pit bulls. In one bizarre incident, he was even made to goad a large exotic lizard until it attacked him.
The appalling beatings — often recorded on mobile phones — included being stabbed, hit with a baseball bat, forced to stand in boiling water and shot at with an air pistol.
His main tormentor's girlfriend even invented a ‘game show' where individuals were paid to assault him.
Gilbert finally died after a new form of torture was devised, involving members of the family jumping on his stomach. They then hacked his corpse into pieces before throwing it into a lake known as the Blue Lagoon in Arlesey, Bedfordshire.
On Saturday, ringleader James Watt, 27, his girlfriend Natasha Oldfield, 29, and his brother Richard's girlfriend Nichola Roberts, 21, were convicted of murder. Another of James Watt's brothers, Robert, 20, and his mother Jennifer Smith-Dennis, were found guilty of familial homicide. Richard admitted the same charge. Richard Watt's girlfriend Nichola Roberts, 21, had four convictions and a caution.
