Manchester Evening News




Guilty: Couple who killed transvestite and stashed his body in a suitcase at squalid Openshaw flat


Pete Bainbridge | June 13, 2012


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David Hardman and Tracy Hurrell.

Two drug addicts have been found guilty of murdering a transvestite then stashing his body in a suitcase at their home for several weeks. Lionel Morl, 49, who went by the name of Suzie and wore women's clothes, was found decomposing in a bathroom of a house in Manchester. Big Issue sellers Tracy Hurrell, 32, and David Hardman, 51, were found guilty of his murder after a month-long trial. The couple 'preyed' on their victim to get money to feed their addictions to heroin, crack cocaine and alcohol, a jury heard. They then attacked and murdered him, stuffed him into the case and continued to collect his benefits cheques.

Manchester Evening News



Life for killers who kept transvestite's body in a suitcase


Pete Bainbridge July 08, 2012


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Two drug addicts who murdered a transvestite then stashed his body in a suitcase have been jailed for life. Tracy Hurrell and David Hardman must each serve at least 23 years behind bars before they are considered for release. The Big Issue sellers beat and stabbed their 'friend' Lionel Morl then let his body decompose for weeks in their flat. Mr Morl, 49, who went by the name Suzie and wore women's clothes, was found by police in luggage in a bathroom in Openshaw last August.