Fan of TV show Dexter killed and dismembered two men in Cornish woodland, jury hears

A fan of the television serial killer show Dexter murdered two men before dismembering and burning their bodies in Cornish woodland surrounding the cabin where he lived, a jury has heard. James Desborough, 40, allegedly killed Claudio Aquilino and Daniel Coleman and hid their bodies in the dense undergrowth close to his cabin near St Austell. Daniel Coleman. Photograph: Devon and Cornwall police/PA After killing them, he accessed their bank accounts and tried to cover his tracks by making it appear that one had gone to London and the other was walking a long-distance trail, Winchester crown court was told. Police took five months to search the woods around Desborough’s cabin, discovering 1,900 burned bone fragments, believed to have come from the body of Aquilino, in a stream, the court heard. Parts of Coleman’s dismembered body, including his torso, legs and feet, were found in a shallow grave nearby. An axe hung from a tree close to the grave. Ahmed Hossain KC, prosecuting, told the jury Desborough was present at times when police searched the woods and while chatting to a forensic biologist involved in the operation said he “particularly enjoyed the dismemberment scenes” in the programme Dexter. Photo issued by police of an axe found during searches of Cornish woodland. Photograph: Devon and Cornwall police/PA Hossain said: “That is a series which involves scenes of dismemberment and disposal of bodies. …