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Farmer sentenced to life for 2019 barrel murder

Published 6 August 2026

A 73-year-old farmer has been sentenced to life imprisonment with a minimum term of 35 years for the 2019 murder of his lodger, whose dismembered remains were concealed in a concrete-filled barrel for nearly six years. Christopher Wright was convicted of murdering Richard Dyson, 55, at Sheffield Crown Court last month.

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