Holly Bramley, 26, was killed and dismembered by her husband Nicholas Metson, 28 (Picture: PA)
A man who murdered his wife before chopping her into more than 200 pieces has been jailed for life with a minimum term of 19 years.
Nicholas Metson, 28, stabbed Holly Bramley, 26, at least four times in March 2023 before dismembering her and storing her body parts for a week in the kitchen larder at the flat they shared in Lincoln.
Lincoln Crown Court heard Metson tried to cover up what he had done by purchasing large amounts of cleaning products and enlisting his school friend Joshua Hancock, 28, to help move the body parts to the River Witham.
Ms Bramley’s remains were discovered by a member of the public, who initially thought they belonged to an animal until he noticed a human hand, in the river on the evening of March 25 last year.
The court heard some of Ms Bramley’s remains, including parts of her heart, have never been recovered.
Metson joked with police officers that she ‘might be hiding under the bed’ when they came to investigate her disappearance, Lincoln Crown Court was told.
Metson will spend the rest of his life behind bars (Picture: Lincolnshire Police)
Metson had a history of being cruel to animals, the court heard, and according to the Daily Mail, had previously killed their pets in brutal ways in order to ‘punish’ Ms Bramley.
A source told the publication Metson once put her new puppy in a washing machine, leaving her to find the dead dog inside with the drum still spinning.
He also allegedly killed her hamsters by putting them in a food blender and microwave, with the source adding Ms Bramley once fled to a police stations with her pet rabbits to escape him.
Ms Bramley’s mother Annette described Metson as an ‘evil monster’ who had convinced his wife that her family were abusive.
She said he had caused them ‘unimaginable pain’.
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Annette described her daughter as ‘beautiful, kind and loving’, and added: ‘Her last moments being filled with pain will haunt us forever.
‘Her life was taken by someone who quite clearly has no regard for human life.
‘We were prevented from seeing Holly in the years leading up to her murder. We were prevented from seeing her before her death and due to his monstrous actions, he made sure we were prevented from seeing her after her death.’
The Mail source, meanwhile, said: ‘She told us she loved him, but the first time I met him I took an instant dislike to him. There was just something about him.’
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