Life Sentence for ‘Dexter’-Obsessed Killer as Police Probe Four More Deaths

Daniel Coleman, 43, and Claudio Aquilino, 57, after meeting them at a homeless residence. Two men and two women died at Sandy Lodge Hotel in Newquay, Cornwall, during the time Desborough was living there.

The shelter acts as accommodation for people suffering with homelessness or addictions.Cops are probing the deaths – a woman and man in their 50s, a woman in her 40s and a man in his 60s – between December 2024 and April 2025.

They were previously treated as not being suspicious. Desborough stole his roommates’ money and used Daniel’s cash to treat himself to a ‘large beef roast’ after chopping him upThe monster was previously handed a life sentence after strangling his cellmate Kempster to death because he was annoyed by his snoring.

Desborough has been handed another life sentence at Winchester Crown Court today for murdering his two roommates.The 40-year-old dismembered their bodies in Paramoor Woods, near Sticker in Cornwall.

He tried to burn and bury their remains near his off-grid cabin.The serial killer also stole their money and used Daniel’s cash to treat himself to a “large beef roast” after chopping him up. The monster was found guilty of murdering Claudio between April 17 and July 7 last year and killing Daniel between June 2 and July 7 last year.

Winchester Crown Court heard around the time of the killings, Desborough messaged a pal describing himself as “absolutely bloodthirsty real hostile fuming spitting feathers, The text was dated on May 30, 2025 the date Claudio became a missing person.

Chillingly, a week earlier, Desborough had told Daniel he was a “f***ing r****d” and warned him: “Don’t take me for a mug, boy.”They had fallen out over Daniel’s relationship with Hannah Cresswell, with whom Desborough had had an affair.

Ahmed Hossain KC, prosecuting, said parts of Daniel’s dismembered body, including his torso, legs and feet, were later found in a shallow grave.Daniel’s DNA was discovered on an axe that was hanging from a tree nearby, jurors heard.

Claudio’s shallow grave was found 18 metres away.Cops discovered 1,900 burnt bone fragments – belonging to Claudio – at a stream nearby.A “piece of flesh” – also from the victim – was in the water, and a search party also found “two pieces of unburnt scapula”.

Police also seized a large number of handwritten notes in the woodland cabin, the court heard. i know I’m a killer, ready to kill and execute any predators. detailed travel plans and intent to leave the UK”.

This note mentioned a “shuffle bag liner”, “bodies buried”, “new disguise”, “new burner phone” and “safe house”. Mr Hossain said Desborough was a fan of the hit TV show Dexter  the lead character is a serial killer who dismembers people.