Marcin Majerkiewicz denies murdering Stuart Everett
An alleged murderer went shopping at the Trafford Centre hours after depositing body parts at locations across Greater Manchester, prosecutors said.
Stuart Everett, 67, also known as Roman Ziemacki, was killed and then ‘dismembered’, Manchester Crown Court heard. About ‘a third’ of his body has been recovered from locations across Salford and north Manchester, after he was body was sawn into 27 pieces.
Marcin Majerkiewicz, 42, denies murdering Mr Everett. The pair lived together in a house on Worsley Road, Winton, Eccles, with a third man named Michal Polchowski.
On the second day of the trial, the jury watched video clips of a man, said to be the defendant, as he made a number of different journeys on March 29 last year. Prosecutors claim that Mr Everett was killed at some point on the night of March 27 and into the early hours of March 28.
They allege that on March 29, Mr Majerkiewicz made journeys to Boggart Hole Clough in Blackley, Chesterfield Close in Eccles and Linnyshaw Colliery Woods in Walkden, locations where body parts were later discovered.
Later that evening, he travelled to the Trafford Centre and spent £200 at Superdry, £183 at Sketchers and £3 at McDonald’s, the court heard.
Jurors were told that a day earlier, on March 28, Mr Majerkiewicz spent £21.09 on cleaning products including micro fibre cloths, sponge cloths, spray and wipes, after travelling into Walkden town centre.
In a clip played to the jury, an individual was seen walking along the pavement holding a red bag with a rucksack on his bag. He then boarded the number 10 bus at Patricroft, buying a ticket at 8.24am on March 29.
The bus headed into Manchester city centre. The same bus ticket was used to board the number 17 bus at Shudehill at 9.10am, jurors heard.
The bus travelled along Rochdale Road in the direction of Boggart Hole Clough. Jurors were shown a clip of the individual who prosecutors claim is Mr Majerkiewicz sitting on the lower deck of the bus.
Junior prosecution counsel Ben Campbell said that on May 27 a ‘piece of spine’ and ‘the end of two ribs’ were discovered in Boggart Hole Clough. Under questioning, investigative support officer Stuart Hynes said that the individual then boarded the number 17 bus at Charlestown Road at 9.54am into Shudehill. He then boarded the 67 bus back to Winton.
Mr Campbell said that in CCTV footage from near to the property on Worsley Road, the individual was no longer carrying the red bag. Jurors were shown another clip from 12.03pm that day of an individual wearing the same clothes as earlier, walking down the street near the Worsley Road address holding two carrier bags in each hand. A clip from half an hour later was said to show the same individual no longer carrying bags in each hand.
He is then said to have made a ‘more local’ journey. Prosecutors allege that the defendant deposited remains near Chesterfield Close.
Jurors heard that three plastic bags containing human remains were discovered there, with one bag containing thigh skin and muscle, genitalia, part of the lung and skin. A second bag contained a kidney, skin and further muscle, and a third bag contained a heart and part of the right lung. Mr Majerkiewicz is also said to have visited Chesterfield Close on March 28.
The individual, said to be Mr Majerkiewicz, was then seen on CCTV near the Worsley Road home at 1.04pm that day carrying a white carrier bag in one hand. Prosecutors claimed that ‘at some point and at some location’ the bag was deposited.
Jurors heard that no recovery of items was made in relation to this incident. Mr Hynes said that the individual then boarded the number 21 bus at 1.26pm near the Bluebell Hotel.
He then boarded the number 36 bus at 1.40pm, which travelled past Linnyshaw Colliery Woods, where remains were found on April 27. Jurors heard that Items discovered included skin, a section of a forearm, the left side of the chest wall, the part of the upper arm area, a partial diaphragm, the larynx and neck structure.
Mr Campbell said the individual left the area on the number 36 bus at 2.06pm. He then boarded the number 22 bus at 2.43pm. Jurors were shown a clip from 2.53pm that day which showed the individual walking in Monton. Mr Hynes said it appeared as though the rucksack the man was previously carrying on his bag was no longer there.
Mr Campbell said that Mr Majerkiewicz spent about three hours at home before leaving at 6.15pm and travelling to the Trafford Centre. He appeared to be carrying a ‘one strap shoulder bag’ but no other bags, jurors heard. He then boarded the number 100 bus at 6.21pm. He was at the Trafford Centre from between 6.33pm and 6.55pm and spent £200 at Superdry, £183 at Sketchers and £3 at McDonald’s, the court heard.
He later travelled to his partner’s home, jurors were told.
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