Woman pleads guilty to dumping man's body in Peterborough park

A woman has pleaded guilty to dumping the body of a man in a Peterborough park.
Fletton Rec - Queens Walk, Queens Walk, Peterborough 03/05/2017.  Picture by Terry Harris / Peterborough Telegraph. THAFletton Rec - Queens Walk, Queens Walk, Peterborough 03/05/2017.  Picture by Terry Harris / Peterborough Telegraph. THA
Fletton Rec - Queens Walk, Queens Walk, Peterborough 03/05/2017. Picture by Terry Harris / Peterborough Telegraph. THA

Kelly Almond (34) of Oundle Road admitted disposing the body of 53-year-old Stuart Wilkinson in Fletton Recreation Ground in April this year.

Almond, wearing a grey hoodie and blue tracksuit bottoms, spoke only to enter the guilty plea.

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Nenad Spasojevic, defending, asked the court for a psychiatric report and a pre-sentence report before Almond is sentenced.

Cambridge Crown Court was told Almond has a long standing drug addiction, as well as mental health problems.

Judge David Farrell said the case was a complex one, as there was limited examples of similar cases coming before the courts in the past.

Almond was remanded into custody until a sentencing hearing at some point during the week commencing August 7.

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Sally Hobson, prosecuting, said they would not be proceeding with the perverting the course of justice charge faced by Almond.

Mr Wilkinson’s body was discovered by a woman who was walking her dog.

The death was originally treated as non-suspicious, but an investigation was launched following a tip-off from a member of the public.

The man’s death remains unexplained after a post-mortem examination failed to establish the cause of death.