Brothers James (30) and Mark Baigent (27) plotted the death of their hated half-brother Andrew Scanlan (35), and enrolled friend, martial arts expert Jeff Woods (37) to help them handcuff, beat, stab and strangle unsuspecting Mr Scanlan in a wood at dead of night. They buried his body in a shallow grave.

In a grisly bid to get away with it, James Baigent and Woods went back, dug up the body and dismembered it with an axe before burying the pieces in two graves. They then used methods from TV show CSI to try and cover their tracks.

On Wednesday, February 27th 2008, a jury found them guilty of murder.

Timeline of events from The Evening Telegraph:

12 February:
'I'd build gallows to hang my son's killers'
THE father of murdered Andrew Scanlan has told how the men responsible for the killing should be hanged.

28 February:
Brothers convicted of murdering Andrew Scanlan
They were bonded by a bloody murder, but three men facing life sentences had to be handcuffed in the dock because of fears they would attack each other.

Factfile: Andrew Scanlan's killers and their accomplice.

27 February:
Three convicted of murder
James Baigent (30) of Camberley, Surrey, and Mark Baigent (27) of Peterborough and their friend Jeff Woods (36) of Bracknell, Berkshire - have been convicted of murdering Andrew Scanlan.

8 February:
Scanlan murder trial - day 18
TWO brothers accused of murdering their half-brother were like "Dumb and Dumber" when they were together, a court heard.

26 Janury:
Accused 'excitedly confessed' on holiday
Mark Baigent (27) is alleged to have told Mandy Arzomanides on a holiday to Greece that he, along with his brother James (30) and friend Jeff Woods (36), had killed Andrew Scanlan (35).

23 January:
Wife of accused 'bragged about murder' at birthday party
Charlotte Baigent (28) drunkenly told her pals about her husband's role in the death of his half-brother Andrew Scanlan...

22 January:
Murder accused borrowed shovel
AFRIEND of two men accused of murdering their half-brother then burying his body in woodland had lent them a shovel around the time the victim went missing, a court heard.

18 January:
Murder victim's girlfriend was suspect in investigation
THE girlfriend of murdered Andrew Scanlan was treated as a suspect in the investigation into his disappearance after repeatedly changing her story, a court heard.

17 January:
Murder trio 'made pact to kill again'
THE three men accused of murdering Andrew Scanlan had made a pact to kill again, a court heard.

16 January:
Brothers returned to chop up body
Andrew Scanlan murder trial: day two
TWO men who murdered the brother they blamed for their mother's death went back to chop up his body days after the killing, a court heard

16 January:
Body mutilated days after killing
TWO men who murdered the brother they blamed for their mother's death went back to chop up his body days after the killing, a court heard.

15 January:
Strangled , stabbed and head and hands chopped off
TWO men brutally murdered their half brother and then tried to cover their tracks using techniques they had seen on television, a court heard.

14 January:
Murdered by a CSI fan, jury told
Breaking News 4PM: A Peterborough man was murdered by his half-brother - a fan of hit US TV series CSI, who used information from the show to cover his tracks.