{"id":8275,"date":"2026-07-09T10:59:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-09T10:59:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/murderer-who-gave-police-map-leading-to-missing-womans-dismembered-body-is-jailed\/"},"modified":"2026-07-09T10:59:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-09T10:59:08","slug":"murderer-who-gave-police-map-leading-to-missing-womans-dismembered-body-is-jailed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/murderer-who-gave-police-map-leading-to-missing-womans-dismembered-body-is-jailed\/","title":{"rendered":"Murderer who gave police map leading to missing woman&#8217;s dismembered body is jailed"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"article-body\">\n<h2 class=\"LeadText_lead-text__wd_PA __className_3d5bec\" data-testid=\"leadtext\">Karl Hutchings has been jailed after admitting the murder of 55-year-old Julie Buckley, whose dismembered remains were found buried in a shallow grave in Cambridgeshire.<\/h2>\n<div class=\"Byline_byline-container__K_Owl\" data-testid=\"byline\"><span class=\"Byline_byline-content-wrapper__Imque\" data-testid=\"byline-content\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"Byline_author-badge-date-wrapper__Q7jj1\">\n<p><span class=\"\" data-testid=\"byline-publishedDate\"><\/span><span class=\"ArticleTimestamp_updated-date__7qD4Q ArticleTimestamp_updated-date-with-published__iFKpF\" data-testid=\"byline-updatedDate\">Updated <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/div>\n<p><button type=\"button\" class=\"SlideViewerButton_slide-viewer-button__BDJoG\" aria-label=\"Open image viewer\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\" aria-controls=\"image-lightbox\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"ImageEmbed_image-embed__0T8WX ImageEmbed_image-lead__Ti3qQ\" data-testid=\"leadimage\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-articleid=\"37407270\">\n<div class=\"ImageEmbed_image-container__2AIQm\">\n<figure class=\"Figure_figure__Uce4f\" style=\"--figure-aspect-ratio:1.5\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Karl Hutchings\" loading=\"eager\" sizes=\"(max-width: 508px) 508px, (max-width: 615px) 615px, 1200px\" src=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article37407270.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s1200f\/3_Karl-Hutchings-court-case.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article37407270.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s508\/3_Karl-Hutchings-court-case.jpg 508w, https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article37407270.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s615\/3_Karl-Hutchings-court-case.jpg 615w, https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article37407270.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s1200f\/3_Karl-Hutchings-court-case.jpg 1200w\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"ImageCaption_caption__j7HRu\" data-testid=\"image-caption\">\n<p aria-label=\"Karl Hutchings admitted the murder of 55-year-old Julie Buckley.\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-title__ccyQU\" data-testid=\"caption-title\">Karl Hutchings admitted the murder of 55-year-old Julie Buckley.<cite aria-label=\"Image: PA\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-credit__wlx1W\" data-testid=\"caption-credit\">(Image: PA)<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<p><\/button><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">A man who murdered and dismembered a woman before burying her remains in a shallow grave has been jailed after handing police a map showing where her body was.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Karl Hutchings, 48, was sentenced to a minimum of 21 years in prison after admitting the murder of 54-year-old Julie Buckley.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Her remains were found in 10 pieces buried in the Cambridgeshire village of Wimblington more than seven months after she was last seen alive.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">After pleading guilty in September last year, Hutchings provided police with a map showing where he had buried Ms Buckley&#8217;s remains.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Prosecutor Christine Agnew KC said Ms Buckley and Hutchings had been friends who spent time together and were both addicted to Class A drugs.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Ms Buckley, who had been staying at Hutchings&#8217; home in the Cambridgeshire village of Christchurch, was last seen alive on <a target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"CCTV Link opens in a new tab.\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/all-about\/cctv\" rel=\"follow\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_blank\">CCTV <\/a>at a Budgens supermarket in nearby March on January 28 last year.<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"image-group\"><button type=\"button\" class=\"SlideViewerButton_slide-viewer-button__BDJoG\" aria-label=\"Open image viewer\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\" aria-controls=\"image-lightbox\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"ImageEmbed_image-embed__0T8WX false\" data-testid=\"imageembed-37407301\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-articleid=\"37407301\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"image\">\n<div class=\"ImageEmbed_image-container__2AIQm\">\n<figure class=\"Figure_figure__Uce4f\" style=\"--figure-aspect-ratio:1.4446227929373996\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Julie Buckley\" loading=\"lazy\" sizes=\"(max-width: 458px) 458px, (max-width: 615px) 615px, 1200px\" src=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article37407301.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s1200e\/2_No-body-murder-probe-launched-after-woman-disappeared-from-quiet-village.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article37407301.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s458b\/2_No-body-murder-probe-launched-after-woman-disappeared-from-quiet-village.jpg 458w, https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article37407301.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s615b\/2_No-body-murder-probe-launched-after-woman-disappeared-from-quiet-village.jpg 615w, https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article37407301.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s1200e\/2_No-body-murder-probe-launched-after-woman-disappeared-from-quiet-village.jpg 1200w\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"ImageCaption_caption__j7HRu\" data-testid=\"image-caption\">\n<p aria-label=\"The remains of Julie Buckley were found in 10 pieces buried in Cambridgeshire\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-title__ccyQU\" data-testid=\"caption-title\">The remains of Julie Buckley were found in 10 pieces buried in Cambridgeshire<cite aria-label=\"Image: Cambridgeshire Police \/ SWNS\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-credit__wlx1W\" data-testid=\"caption-credit\">(Image: Cambridgeshire Police \/ SWNS)<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<p><\/button><\/div>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">The <a target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"court Link opens in a new tab.\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/all-about\/courts\" rel=\"follow\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_blank\">court <\/a>heard concerns were raised when Ms Buckley failed to attend appointments. Agnew said it appeared she was murdered between January 29 and the morning of January 30.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Evidence showed Hutchings used Ms Buckley&#8217;s bank card to buy alcohol at a One Stop shop on the morning of January 30 before later selling her car for \u00a3500.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">A post-mortem examination found Ms Buckley had suffered 11 blows to the skull.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">The court heard Hutchings later told a teacher at <a target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"HMP Link opens in a new tab.\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/all-about\/hm-prison-service\" rel=\"follow\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_blank\">HMP <\/a>Peterborough that he had &#8220;waited it out&#8221; before pleading guilty because he had hoped to be dealt with on a diminished responsibility basis.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">He said he killed Ms Buckley because she had been stealing from him and had tried to convince him he was &#8220;mad&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">The prosecution said Hutchings told the teacher he struck Ms Buckley over the head with a hammer before hitting her again, saying the second blow &#8220;finished her off&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">When officers arrested Hutchings on February 13 last year, they discovered extensive blood staining on a sofa inside his home. Investigators also found part of the living room carpet had been removed and burnt items in the garden.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Mitigating, Allison Summers said Hutchings had a long history of mental health problems and significant drug addiction. She told the court Ms Buckley had been homeless and Hutchings had offered her a place to stay.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">She said the precise trigger for the attack may never be known, but suggested it was likely Hutchings &#8220;lost it&#8221; before attacking Ms Buckley.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">The court also heard Hutchings had been released from a psychiatric unit less than three months before the murder and decided to plead guilty after being advised that a psychiatric report did not support a defence of diminished responsibility.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/news\/uk-news\/karl-hutchings-murder-map-police-37407263\" target=\"_blank\">Source link<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Karl Hutchings has been jailed after admitting the murder of 55-year-old Julie Buckley, whose dismembered<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8276,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8275","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-crime"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0_Karl-Hutchings-court-case.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8275","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8275"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8275\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8276"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8275"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8275"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8275"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}