One guest headed along to the Antiques Roadshow with a blanket he said was kept "over the back of a chair" in his home - but he was nearly knocked off his feet when he was told how much it was worth.
11.08.2023 - 07:55 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
A man murdered his partner in a savage attack - then hid at his mother's house to try and flee from police.
Patryk Skupinski murdered mother-of-three, Marlene Doyle, in a horrific attack at their flat. Marlene, who the court heard had suffered extensive domestic abuse at the hands of her killer, was found with 'significant' head injuries and it is believed she died as long as five days before her body was found.
A court heard that after murdering his partner, Skupinski, 37, got in touch with two friends on the evening of January 15, who went to the flat in the early hours of the next day. The pair, Michal Lada and Kinga Rybacka, then helped him 'disappear' and hid him for three days, 'despite clearly knowing he had killed his girlfriend', a court heard.
Police did not find Marlene's body until January 20.
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The killer had also been in contact with his mother, Hanna Skupinski, shortly after killing Marlene.
She made enquiries around helping him leave the country and then kept him hidden at her home for two days. When police attended her home to speak to him she initially refused to open the door.
Following a trial, Skupinski has now been convicted of the murder of 32-year-old Marlene at the flat in Shakespeare Street, Coventry, CoventryLive reports.
Lada, 40, and Rybacka, 27, both of Blythe Road, Coventry, and Hanna Skupinski, 59, of Bell Green Road, were all found guilty of assisting an offender.
All four will be sentenced at a later date.
Police said that during the investigation into Ms Doyle’s death, it was established that she had been subject to domestic violence for some time before being murdered. Police attended the
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