Jailed: Drug addicts hid body of Manchester transsexual they killed in suitcase to steal benefits
Two Manchester drug addicts who tried to hide a transsexual man they killed in a suitcase in order to steal his benefits were sentenced to life in prison in today.
David Hardman, 41, of Openshaw, and Tracy Hurrell, 43, were sentenced to a minimum of 23 years in prison for killing Lionel Morl, 49, last August.
Mr Morl’s body was found decomposing in a suitcase, covered in flies and maggots, as the couple sat in the same flat for two weeks.
Senior Investigating Officer, Andy Tattersall, said: "Hurrell and Hardman were both dependant on alcohol and drugs and went to desperate lengths to obtain cash to fund their habits. This is reflected in the theft of Lionel's benefits before and after they killed him.
"Each blames the other for what happened and both have fabricated different stories so we might never know exactly what happened and why.
"What we do know is that from start to finish, they worked together: in stealing Lionel's benefits, in his violent murder and in trying to hide his body.
"Lionel was a popular member of the community who was in the process of re-contacting his siblings when he was murdered. Sadly they never got the opportunity to reunite, but I hope they find comfort in today's sentencing."
Lionel Morl lived near to the defendants in a flat on Brade Close, Openshaw. He was a transsexual who was known to many in the area as Suzie.
At the time of his death Hardman and Hurrell were stealing his benefits, they even continued to steal his benefits after they had killed him.
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So this transsexual man used
So this transsexual man used to be a women called Suzie, very confusing article it doesn't make sense.
The BBC have almost exactly
The BBC have almost exactly the same article on their website, except they got the pronouns correct.
Dear Anonymous: If someone is
Dear Anonymous:
If someone is assigned male at birth and transitions into a female role, they're a transwoman.
If someone is assigned female at birth and transitions into a male role, they are a transman.
Therefore, in Suzie's case, it is absolutely incorrect to say "transsexual man."
Hope that clears things up for you.
The person was still a male,
The person was still a male, but was going through gender reassignment. He adopted the name of Suzie and was known locally as Suzie - but was still a man. The person was a transsexual man - not a woman.
The flies and maggots is necessary as it reveals the grotesque nature of these callous addicts... they killed someone and sat in that environment for two weeks while a body decomposed because that's how addicted to drugs they were? I think that's necessary information...
Thank you for this, I was
Thank you for this, I was picturing a female to male transsexual. This is why people that have no idea about anything transgender shouldn't be writting news about their death. It's just adding insult to murder.
Transsexual man? She was a
Transsexual man? She was a transsexual woman. And I agree with the person who said the "flies and maggots" comment was unnecessary.
What is with the
What is with the misgendering? A transsexual man would be someone going from female to male. This person killed was going from male to female so she would be a transsexual woman. She should also be called "she" not "he". This woman was murdered, the least people can do is respect her in death. Plus, the AP guidelines state you use the pronouns in which the person uses.
It's hardly sensationalist.
It's hardly sensationalist. It's reporting the facts.
"....covered in flies and
"....covered in flies and maggots, as the couple sat in the same flat for two weeks....".
This type of sensationalist reporting is so very very wrong. We all know about forensic entymology so there's no need to tell us about the insects which will use it as a host.
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