'Suitcase' murderer found guilty

THE man who stuffed the body of his girlfriend into a suitcase and threw it into the Grand Union Canal has been found guilty of  murder and will be sentenced on Friday.

It is not known if the 23 years old woman was alive or not when he threw her into the canal, but it was revealed to the Court that the petite Marta Ligman had been badly beaten beforehand, Keith Gudgin tells us.

Boaters

Tomasz Kocik was on trial at the Old Bailey accused of murdering his girlfriend  between the 28th April and 10th May this year, whose body was discovered by boaters who saw her red hair cascading from the suitcase when it collided with their boat.

Kocik, who is Polish, claiming he found Miss Ligman dead at their flat was not believed by the jury, that convicted him after a day's deliberating, he showing no emotion as the verdict was delivered.

It was on the 1st May that CCTV caught Kocik dragging what was obviously a heavy suitcase through the streets of London to the Grand Union Canal towpath, then returning with wet trousers.