Andrew Burfield's trial heard he killed Miss Kenyon on 22 April and buried her body in a grave he had dug the day before her death in the Forest of Bowland in Lancashire.
A man has changed his plea and admitted murdering his girlfriend on the third day of his trial.He was re-arraigned on the charge this morning and the jury in the case formally found him guilty.
The court also heard the day before Miss Kenyon's death Burfield borrowed a spade and a set of ladders before driving to Gisburn Forest.On the morning she died, the court heard Miss Kenyon messaged Burfield:"Ready and excited for a new chapter." Mr McLachlan said:"The prosecution say... that message was not sent by her but it was part of a charade and was sent by Andrew Burfield."
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