Man who said axe death was accident jailed
A "deceitful bully" who had claimed he accidentally killed his ex-girlfriend when he threw an axe has been jailed.
In a statement which she read to the court, Sarah Kenyon-Holden said her sister told her family that "she wanted to stop Andrew Burfield from being able to do what he did to her to other women".At the opening of the case on Monday, the court was told Burfield was arrested following the 33-year-old's disappearance and interviewed four times, initially denying any knowledge of her whereabouts.
Mr McLachlan said forensic pathologist Dr Jamie Robinson had considered Ms Kenyon's injuries and found Burfield's claim to be "completely implausible". He also messaged the phone from his own mobile to leave a voice note that said he was "a bit worried" about her.Lancashire Police said Ms Kenyon's family quickly became suspicious of the messages, as they included spelling errors such as a mistake in the name of her dog, and alerted officers.
A search of the burial site revealed two different footmarks that proved Burfield had been there twice and a speck of Ms Kenyon's blood was later found in the seal of his washing machine from his attempt to clean the clothes he had been wearing during the murder.Sentencing Burfield, who changed his plea to guilty on the third day of his trial, Mr Justice Goose said he had told Ms Kenyon he would take her to therapy on 22 April, but instead he planned to kill her.
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