Coventry man guilty of manslaughter in woman's death

A labourer from Coventry has been convicted of manslaughter in the death of a 33-year-old mother of two whose body was found buried in woodland more than five weeks after police searched his flat and failed to locate her. Mohammed Durnion, 42, of Paynes Lane, was cleared of murder but found guilty by an 11-1 majority verdict at Warwick Crown Court following a three-week trial. His friend Adam Moore, 39, of Marlcroft, Willenhall, was also convicted by a similar majority of assisting an offender by helping dispose of Reanne Coulson's body.

The incident unfolded on the night of May 21 last year. Coulson, who worked as a sex worker and was known to use drugs, had attended a support group at a Catholic church in Coventry earlier that evening and appeared in good health. Around 11:22 p.m., she arrived at Durnion's flat. Within minutes, a neighbor heard a woman screaming in fear and dialed 999 at 11:26 p.m. Officers arrived shortly after and encountered Durnion outside, where bodycam footage captured him claiming a mental health crisis and falsely stating his father had cancer. He refused entry initially but later allowed a search of the disheveled property, which included no...