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A husband who cut his wife’s body into more than 200 pieces and then paid a friend £50 to help him dump her remains in a river has been sentenced to life in prison.
‘Evil monster’ Nicholas Metson, 28, had previously denied murdering Holly Bramley (later Metson), 26, between March 17 and 25, 2023, but changed his plea to guilty when he appeared before Lincoln Crown Court on February 23. .
A total of 224 body parts belonging to Mrs Bramley were recovered from the River Witham at Bassingham, 12 miles from her home in Lincoln, in March last year.
Officers were first alerted to concerns for her welfare after reports of an incident on the 14th floor of Shuttleworth House in Lincoln, where she and Metson lived.
At a sentencing hearing on April 5, 2024, Lincoln Crown Court heard how Metson cut up parts of Holly’s body after killing her and placed them in plastic bags.
Ms Bramley’s remains were eventually found by a member of the public, eight days after she was last seen, who initially thought they belonged to an animal until she noticed a human hand in the river on the night of March 25. .
Some of his remains, including parts of his heart, have never been recovered, the court heard.
Today, Metson was sentenced to life in prison, with a minimum sentence of 19 years and 316 days.
Nicholas Metson (right) had previously denied murdering Holly Bramley, 26, between March 17 and 25, 2023, but changed his plea to guilty when he appeared at Lincoln Crown Court on February 23 ( in the photo on their wedding day).
Metson stabbed Ms Bramley at least four times in March 2023 before dismembering her and storing her body parts for a week.
Before her remains were found and while Ms Bramley was missing, Lincolnshire Police attended the flat they shared and Metson told them that his wife had left their home on March 19 with two members of a local crisis team. mental health.
Officers noticed a “strong odor of bleach and ammonia” in the apartment, saw a saw on a towel, blood-stained sheets in the bathroom, and a large blood stain on his bedroom floor.
After discovering that what Metson had told them about his wife’s disappearance was a lie, he was arrested and charged with murder and perverting the course of justice.
A search of his mobile phone revealed that Metson had conducted Google searches including “How to dispose of a dead body”, “What benefits can I get if my wife dies” and “Does God forgive murder?”
Holly Bramley and Nicholas Metson pictured together. Metson attempted to cover up what he had done by purchasing large quantities of cleaning products and recruiting his school friend to help move Mrs Bramley’s body parts to the River Witham.
He had also sent a message to Hancock, of Walnut Close in Waddington, in the early hours of March 25 offering him money in exchange for help with a “job”.
Hancock was arrested on April 5 and charged with obstructing a coroner.
Hancock admitted obstructing a coroner, as well as unrelated offenses of attempted sexual communication with a child and drug offences. He was sentenced to three years and three months in prison in total.