A husband who cut his wife’s body into more than 200 pieces and then paid a friend £50 to help him throw her body into a river has been jailed for life with a minimum term of 19 years.
In March 2023, Nicholas Metson, 28, stabbed Holly Bramley, 26, at least four times before dismembering her and storing her body parts A week in the kitchen pantry of their flat at Shuttleworth House, Stamp End, Lincoln.
Lincoln Crown Court heard that Matson tried to cover up his crimes by buying large quantities of cleaning products and inviting his school friend Joshua Hancock, 28, who offered him £50 to help remove the body. Transfer to the River Witham at Bassingham. a job”.
Ms Bramley’s remains were discovered by a member of the public who initially thought they belonged to an animal until a human hand was found in the river on the evening of March 25, some time after she was last seen entering the flat. March 17th is just over a week away.
The court heard that some of Ms Bramley’s remains, including part of her heart, have still not been found.
Prosecutor Gordon Aspden KC told the court on Friday, April 5, that the “twisted and brutal” manner in which Matson cut his wife into at least 224 pieces “went far beyond what was necessary to move the body”.
Ms Bramley’s remains were discovered by a member of the public who initially thought they belonged to an animal until a human hand was found in the river on the evening of March 25, shortly after she was last seen entering the flat It’s been over a week. March 17th.
Lincolnshire Police attended the flat they shared during Ms Bramley’s disappearance before her body was found, and Matson told them that his wife met two members of the local mental health crisis team on March 19. members left home together.
Police noticed a “strong smell of bleach and ammonia” in the apartment, saw a saw on towels, blood on the sheets in the bathroom and a large bloodstain on the bedroom floor.
After discovering that what Matson told them about his wife’s disappearance was a lie, he was arrested and charged with her murder and obstruction of justice.
A search of his phone revealed that Matson had Googled searches for “how to dispose of a body,” “what benefits would I gain if my wife died” and “does God forgive murder?”
He also sent a message to Hancock, of Walnut Close, Waddington, in the early hours of March 25, offering him money in exchange for help with a “job”.
Hancock was arrested on April 5 and charged with obstructing a coroner’s inquest.
In the days after his wife was murdered, Matson used her Facebook account to send messages to her friends and trick them into thinking she was still alive.
He tried to make them believe she had left him and moved to Manchester while sending himself money from her bank account.
An extensive CCTV search showed that in the early hours of March 25, Matson moved a large amount of luggage from his 14th-floor apartment into a lift and then into his yellow Peugeot car.
Matson initially denied killing his wife but changed his plea on February 23, while Hancock admitted at the same hearing to handling a body with intent to obstruct or prevent the coroner’s inquest, facing Ms Bramley’s devastated family were in court on Friday.
Ms Bramley’s mother Annette called him an “evil monster” who led his wife to believe there was abuse in her family and her family suffered “unimaginable suffering”.
Describing her daughter as “beautiful, kind and loving”, she said: “Her last, pain-filled moments will haunt us forever.
“Her life was taken by someone who clearly had no respect for human life.
“We were unable to see Holly in the years before she was murdered. We were unable to see her before her death and due to his horrific actions he ensured that we were unable to see her after her death.
“Holly will always live in our hearts and we will never forget her and the impact she made on our lives.”
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