The court heard that the woman who was dating the man who was put to de@th for m*rder had sent s**ually graphic videos to one of the men who was accused of k!lling him.
The Sun states that Thomas Campbell, 38, was k!led in what the prosecution calls a deliberate attack at his home.
His neighbours found his body in the morning, all bea@ten up and tied up. He was seated in his hall with duct tape securely around his ankles.
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It is thought that 31-year-old John Belfield, a dr*g dealer and Campbell’s ex-girlfriend Demi-Lee Driver’s ex-boyfriend, organized the attack. According to Yahoo, Belfield is on trial in Manchester Crown Court for m*der.
Coleen Campbell, Campbell’s beautiful ex-wife Coleen Campbell, who was his ex-wife’s ex-wife, was found guilty of manslaughter and m*rder in 2023. The mother of four had been found guilty of giving information on where Thomas was and what she learned from their children. The judge gave her a 13-year prison sentence.
The court heard that Thomas Campbell was seeing Demi Lee Driver at the time of his de@th. Demi Lee Driver had been dating Belfield before that. The prosecutors said that the relationship made the two men hate each other.
According to The Mirror, Belfield said during the court that Demi-Lee sent him a s**y video of her dancing n@ked and asking for s**. Belfield said he sent Campbell an email with a copy of the video in an effort to be “open” and prevent trouble.
Belfield told the court, “I didn’t want any trouble.” It wasn’t a good idea to get involved in a fight between Tom Campbell and me. Tom is much bigger and stronger than I am. Belfield said he never had any love feelings for Driver and didn’t want to rekindle their romance.
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Belfield, who admitted to living a “criminal lifestyle” and selling dr*gs, denied planning Campbell’s m*rder. Belfield told the court that all he wanted to do was get cocaine from Campbell and that he thought the stockpile was buried in the woods.
The prosecution says that Campbell was lured in and “pounced on” by three guys in a savage attack. Belfield says he came up with the plan.
The BBC also stated at the time that Belfield had fled the nation after Campbell’s m*rder and had been sent to Suriname in South America. Belfield has denied inserting the gadget that tracks Campbell’s car, but he has said he watched his house.
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The court heard gruesome details of the m*rder, such as how Campbell was found n@ked, tied up, and been t0rtured for a long time. Pathologists identified a lot of blunt and sharp force injuries and signs of pressure on the neck.
Reece Steven, 29, who helped Belfield, was already in prison for life for k!lling Campbell. Stephen Cleworth, 38, was also convicted guilty of manslaughter and conspiracy to rob and was given a 12-year prison sentence. The third person who was a suspect is still unknown.
Belfield, who doesn’t have a specific location and rejects all the charges. The trial is still going on.