Convicted killer admits murdering and dismembering woman

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Convicted Killer Admits Murdering And Dismembering Woman
Body parts belonging to Sarah Mayhew (38) were found in London on April 2nd. Photo: PA
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By Pol Allingham, PA

A convicted killer has admitted murdering a woman whose remains were found in London earlier this year.

Body parts belonging to 38-year-old Sarah Mayhew were found in Rowdown Fields in the British capital on April 2nd.

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She was last seen alive in Sutton, south-west London, on the evening of March 8th.

At England's Central Criminal Court, known as the Old Bailey, on Thursday, Steven Sansom (45) pleaded guilty to murdering Ms Mayhew and perverting the course of justice by dismembering her body, disposing of it in various locations, and then cleaning up the crime scene between March 7th and April 3rd this year.

Sansom, of Burnell Road, Sutton, south-west London, appeared by video-link from HMP Belmarsh wearing glasses, grey tracksuit bottoms and a grey T-shirt, and loudly proclaimed his guilty pleas.

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Police tape across a woodland path
Police tape at the scene where body parts were found (PA)

He denied three counts of possessing indecent images of children, which judge Mark Lucraft KC said would lie on file.

Sansom was previously convicted in 1999 of the murder of a cab driver.

Gemma Watts (49), of Featherbed Lane in New Addington, London, is also charged with murdering Ms Mayhew and perverting the course of justice. She was not asked to enter pleas when she appeared at the same hearing from HMP Bronzefield.

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London's Metropolitan Police said they were called to the scene after a dog walker saw his animal had uncovered a human bone.

Arms, legs and a head were then found nearby and identified by DNA.

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