Labourer who killed mother-of-two and buried her in shallow grave jailed for 18 years

A labourer who killed a mother-of-two and buried her in woodland near Coventry has been sentenced to 18 years in prison.

Mohammed Durnion, 42, was cleared of murder at Warwick Crown Court on Tuesday, but was found guilty of manslaughter over the death of 33-year-old Reanne Coulson.

Durnion claimed Ms Coulson died from a drug overdose after an argument on 21 May last year.

But prosecutors told the court he strangled the 33-year-old in a deliberate attack and feigned a mental health crisis when police arrived at his flat in Paynes Lane, Coventry, after a neighbour heard screaming and called 999.

Officers searched the property using a torch from a mobile phone 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 she was found in Binley Woods a month later. She had been partially set alight with petrol.

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