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A man has been jailed for life after murdering a pensioner and dumping parts of his body around Greater Manchester. Marcin Majerkiewicz, 42, of Worsley Road, Eccles was sentenced for a minimum term of 34 years after he was found guilty of murdering Stuart Everett, 67. During a two-week trial at Manchester Crown Court, members of the jury were shown extensive evidence, including CCTV of the defendant, who is from Poland, depositing human remains across Greater Manchester Marcin Majerkiewicz (Image: Greater Manchester Police) A police investigation involving hundreds of officers from across the force, specialist operations, CSI, detectives, and police staff into the murder began on April 4 last year, when a body part was discovered wrapped in plastic in Kersal Dale, Salford.
Through speaking with residents and businesses, officers obtained extensive footage covering the access and egress points to Kersal Dale and made the first breakthrough in the case. Officers continued the investigation at the Kersal Dale scene. (Image: Greater Manchester Police) Detective Sergeant Heidi Cullum, of Greater Manchester Police's VERA Unit within the force's major incident team, said: “An individual was captured on CCTV struggling to carry a heavy bag with a large item protruding out of the top.
“He entered the Dale and after spending 10 minutes, he returned with what appeared to be an empty bag. “We secured footage from a camera angle that covered the woods, which corroborated this individual was in the exact location where human remains had been discovered.” Officers were able to track Majerkiewicz’ s movements using the footage, where he was identified after purchasing a bus ticket.
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"We managed to halt the bus and called for uniformed officers to arrest him.” During Majerkiewicz’s arrest, he confirmed his residence as 195 Worsley Road in Winton. The investigation team determined another man lived at the address and had not been seen in three weeks.
It was later confirmed this man was Mr Everett. Stuart Everett (Image: Supplied) Detective Sergeant Cullum said: “It had been three weeks since Stuart’s remains were discovered in Kersal Dale and arresting the suspect was a key moment. “We felt the urgency to build a case and were battling a race against time, not only to secure CCTV footage before it was erased or overwritten but also to recover as much of Stuart as we could before nature takes its course.
” Both men lived at the Worsley Road residence. (Image: Greater Manchester Police) He added: “This was a driving force for us to do all we could to progress the investigation. "We of course wanted to identify the man we were tracing and help bring justice, but it was equally important we return Stuart to his family so they could lay him to rest respectfully.
“My team has a real investigative mindset and noticed a pattern of the suspect often leaving with heavy laden bags and coming back with empty bags. “Sometimes journeys were long, and we were able to trace deposition sites across Greater Manchester, but occasionally he would only be gone for a short period of time. This suggested he was doing a local deposition.
Officers at the Boggart Hole Clough scene. (Image: Greater Manchester Police) “On April 29, 2024, VERA officers went out in Winton and through CCTV they reenacted a journey on foot, which was around eight minutes return, traveling four minutes in one direction to Chesterfield Close, where they were able to locate significant parts of Stuart.” Officers later identified Majerkiewicz had made several journeys to parks and woodland areas in the days prior to his arrest.
Detective Sergeant Bullivant said: “We all had one common goal in this investigation, and that was to bring Stuart home. “At every briefing, we would display a picture of Stuart to remind the teams that there is a person at the centre of all this, and that would motivate everyone to work tirelessly as they combed through difficult terrain in all sorts of weather. “It was windy, raining and sometimes blazing sunshine, but the searching officers just got on with it because what we were doing was so important.
“We made a remarkable find at Blackleach Reservoir on April 27, 2024. "Using mobile phone analysis, detectives placed Majerkiewicz at all four corners of the reservoir. Northwest Underwater Search Team recovered a hacksaw used as the murder weapon from the water.
(Image: Greater Manchester Police) “We recovered a hacksaw from deep within the water which had the victim's blood present on the blade. “The victim’s skull was also located in four separate pieces. This was crucial evidence in ascertaining that Stuart had been murdered by multiple blunt force trauma injuries to the head.
” Mr Everett's remains and evidence were successfully recovered from 15 of the 19 search areas and crime scenes. The victim’s skull was also located in four separate pieces. (Image: Greater Manchester Police) Approximately a third of Mr Everett’s body was recovered, but tragically, most of his remains will never be recovered.
Detective Chief Superintendent Lewis Hughes, the senior investigating officer for this case, said: “This is a case of rarely seen complexity and scale, with detectives initially responding to partial human remains found deep within a secluded wood. "But we said from the start that we wouldn’t give up, a victim and their family remained at the forefront of our minds and actions throughout. Using mobile phone analysis, detectives placed Majerkiewicz at all four corners of the reservoir.
(Image: Greater Manchester Police) “It is our hope that Stuart’s family have received a sense of closure knowing we did all we could to bring him home and secure justice. "I would like to commend them for the strength they have demonstrated throughout our investigation and subsequent legal proceedings. “Majerkiewicz cowardly denied murdering Stuart and has subjected his family to reliving the gruesome details of this case over the past few weeks during the trial.
"Despite Majerkiewicz’s denial and cover-up plot, a jury saw the truth and found him guilty within a couple hours of deliberation. “He will now rightly serve a life sentence behind bars.”.
