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Murder trial hears accused dug fire pit to dispose of body in Llanelli garden

By EvansTheCrime  |  Posted: October 04, 2016

TWO men have gone on trial accused of murdering their housemate and disposing of his body in a specially dug fire pit in the back garden.

The remains of Polish national Mariusz Majewski were found at the property in the Felinfoel area of Llanelli in November last year.

Today Phillip Hudson-Jones and Adrian Iwanowski went on trial at Swansea Crown Court accused of murdering the 31-year-old and burning his body.

Another three people - Adam Goodwin, Jason Henderson and Sophie Jones - appeared in the dock accused of assisting an offender by acting to conceal a body.

All five deny the charges.

Elwen Evans QC, prosecuting, told the court that the victim and fellow Polish national Iwanowski lived with Hudson-Jones in Husdon-Jones' house in Pleasant View in Felinfoel, and all three were friends.

However in late October last year the two Poles had a row which, it is said, led to the victim assaulting Iwanowski with a piece of wood - and Iwanowski then telling Hudson-Jones he wanted his fellow countryman killed.

Mr Majewski is said to have been killed at the Pleasant View house some time between November 4 and November 8.

The prosecutor said Hudson-Jones subsequently went to Wynnstay Country Stores in Cross Hands where he bought a "clean up kit" including rope, gaffer tape, wax proofing and a big container of bleach. He also bought a container of diesel from the Panteg service station on Felinfoel Road.

The court heard Hudson-Jones also dug a "sophisticated" fire pit in his back garden with rocks in bottom covered with a metal grill, and a ventilation system using pipes.

Miss Evans said both Hudson-Jones and Iwanoski were then both "actively involved" in burning Mr Majewski's body.

There was then an attempt to clean the house using bleach and other products, with the prosecutor describing the men as being "forensically aware".

Hudson-Jones, aged 45, of Pleasant View, Felinfoel, Llanelli, Iwanowski, aged 21, now of Station Road, Llanelli, Goodwin, aged 37, of Caeglas, Cross Hands, Henderson, aged 44, of Foelgastell near Brechfa, and 18-year-old Sophie Jones of Clos St Paul, Llanelli, all deny the charges against them.

The trial continues.