Vile 'bully' murdered new bride and hid her body in a suitcase
19.08.2022 - 17:53
/ manchestereveningnews.co.uk
A 'bully' murdered his new bride on their wedding night and forced her corpse into a suitcase.
Thomas Nutt, 46, punched and strangled Dawn Walker and hid her in a cupboard at their home before later dumping her in a field. Bradford Crown Court heard how Nutt broke Dawn's leg in order to fit the body into a suitcase.
He later tossed the suitcase over a fence before hiding it in some bushes. Her remains were discovered four days after the pair got married.
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In order to explain Dawn's sudden disappearance to her family, Nutt claimed it was due to her mental health and falsified texts as evidence. He also convinced Dawn's youngest daughter to aid him in trying to find her, all while knowing she was actually dead.
Her sister later told the court that Nutt had controlled his 52-year-old victim for years and isolated her from her own family. Sentencing, Judge Jonathan Rose told him: “Dawn Walker died because you are a bully, used to getting your own way with women, used to controlling and manipulating women and used to using your considerable size advantage to inflict violence on women if you considered it necessary to do so.”
It was only a few hours after their wedding that Nutt killed the mother-of-three at their home in Shirley Grove, Lightcliffe, West Yorkshire on the night of October 27. He told police they had gone on their honeymoon to Skegness the next day.
However, the judge said there was no evidence to support this claim and argued that Ms Walker was already dead. Judge Rose added that the killed "desecrated" Dawn's body by breaking her bones so she could fit in the
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