Mohammed Durnion found guilty of manslaughter of Reanne Coulson

A man has been found guilty killing a mother of two whose body was found in a shallow grave in woodland near Coventry.

Reanne Coulson was heard screaming and crying for help five weeks before she was discovered near a bridleway, Warwick Crown Court heard.

Mohammed Durnion, 42, did not murder her, jurors concluded. But they found him guilty of manslaughter.

Durnion had claimed Ms Coulson died from an apparent overdose after an argument on the night of 21 May last year.

But prosecutors told the court he killed her in a deliberate attack and feigned a mental health crisis when police arrived at his flat in Paynes Lane, Coventry, after a 999 call.

Jurors heard that officers entered and searched the property but didn't find Ms Coulson's body, which is believed to have been hidden under a mattress.

Durnion moved Ms Coulson after police left and her body was found in Binley Woods more than five weeks later.

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