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https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/cr...05596.html
EXCERPTS: A man who found his ex-partner dead on his sofa left her there undiscovered for years, a court heard. Jamie Stevens, 51, covered up the body of Anouska Sites upon finding her dead body in January 2023 and continued living in the flat in Torquay, Devon.
[...] On May 27, the police spoke with Stevens again and he told them he was no longer living at the flat in Upton Road, so officers went round and gained entry.
“The officers who attended described the flat as being like that of a hoarder with rubbish, faeces and bottled urine scattered throughout the property,” Ms Gilbery said.
“Police started to search the flat, and upon lifting a blanket in the living area they discovered a skeletal arm and hand. Officers did notice there were various fragranced items scattered around the lounge, inferring they must have been to mask any smells.”
[...] Stevens, who was in a relationship with Ms Sites between 2011 and 2014, was arrested and told police it was her body. “He explained she had come to his flat around January 2023 asking if she could stay the night,” the prosecutor said.
“He went to his own bed and left her sleeping in the living room. The next day he had gone out, returning at about 11.30pm, assuming that Ms Sites would have left, but instead he found her on the sofa. He explained he threw a blanket over her body and continued to live in his bedroom and never really returned to the lounge.”
The second charge related to Stevens lying to police in a witness statement about his knowledge of the whereabouts of Ms Sites. Paul Dentith, defending, described Stevens’s actions in not reporting the death of Ms Sites as a “passive failure”.
“Until he signs the statement saying he hasn’t seen Ms Sites for a number of years,” he said.
“That is the perverting the course of justice, which moves it to more than just passive non-reporting. Perhaps obvious, but when one fails to report something so serious in the first day or so, it becomes rather self-perpetuating. The fear of reporting it… even a week or so later.” (MORE - missing details)
EXCERPTS: A man who found his ex-partner dead on his sofa left her there undiscovered for years, a court heard. Jamie Stevens, 51, covered up the body of Anouska Sites upon finding her dead body in January 2023 and continued living in the flat in Torquay, Devon.
[...] On May 27, the police spoke with Stevens again and he told them he was no longer living at the flat in Upton Road, so officers went round and gained entry.
“The officers who attended described the flat as being like that of a hoarder with rubbish, faeces and bottled urine scattered throughout the property,” Ms Gilbery said.
“Police started to search the flat, and upon lifting a blanket in the living area they discovered a skeletal arm and hand. Officers did notice there were various fragranced items scattered around the lounge, inferring they must have been to mask any smells.”
[...] Stevens, who was in a relationship with Ms Sites between 2011 and 2014, was arrested and told police it was her body. “He explained she had come to his flat around January 2023 asking if she could stay the night,” the prosecutor said.
“He went to his own bed and left her sleeping in the living room. The next day he had gone out, returning at about 11.30pm, assuming that Ms Sites would have left, but instead he found her on the sofa. He explained he threw a blanket over her body and continued to live in his bedroom and never really returned to the lounge.”
The second charge related to Stevens lying to police in a witness statement about his knowledge of the whereabouts of Ms Sites. Paul Dentith, defending, described Stevens’s actions in not reporting the death of Ms Sites as a “passive failure”.
“Until he signs the statement saying he hasn’t seen Ms Sites for a number of years,” he said.
“That is the perverting the course of justice, which moves it to more than just passive non-reporting. Perhaps obvious, but when one fails to report something so serious in the first day or so, it becomes rather self-perpetuating. The fear of reporting it… even a week or so later.” (MORE - missing details)