Man killed abattoir colleague while high on drugs

A man murdered his abattoir worker colleague while on drugs.

Stuart Baker, 43, killed 21-year-old James Bosworth at an on-site caravan where he lived while working at the in site Rouncil Lane, Kenilworth, on 20 December.

Baker attacked Mr Bosworth and then went to another colleague's door, telling him there was blood everywhere and to call the police. Officers found Mr Bosworth dead on the floor with what they described as catastrophic injuries.

Baker pleaded guilty to murder and possession of cocaine at Warwick Crown Court and was jailed on Friday. He was given a life sentence and will serve a minimum of 17 and a half years.

Warwickshire Police said Baker, from Somerton, Somerset, had spent the latter part of the afternoon in his caravan with Mr Bosworth, who was from Nottingham.

They later found wraps of cocaine in Baker's pockets.

Mr Bosworth's family previously paid tribute to him saying he was "a joy and a treasure who lives on in spirit and in the hearts of his family, friends, and those blessed to know him".

Det Insp Gareth Unett said: "Baker's drug-induced, drink-fuelled attack was without sense or reason.

"Throughout the investigation he has failed to explain his actions or provide answers as to why James was so brutally taken from his family in this way."

He added that he hoped the sentence provided some comfort to Mr Bosworth's family.

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