Family’s tribute to ‘loving’ pensioner murdered and dismembered by his tenant

The family of a pensioner who was brutally murdered by his live-in tenanthave paid tribute to the victim after his killer was jailed.

Marcin Majerkiewicz, 42, was jailed on Friday for life with a minimum term of 34 years for bludgeoning 67-year-old Stuart ‘Benny’ Everett to death at their home in Salford last year.

Majerkiewicz, who had befriended Mr Everett, cut his body into 27 pieces and scattered them in green spaces across Salford and north Manchester.

In a statement, Mr Everett’s family said: ‘Even though it has been almost 12 months, we are still haunted by Benny’s death which has been made even more difficult knowing the lengths that had gone into orchestrating my brother’s end.

‘Benny is our family nickname for our endearing and loving Stuart.

‘A couple of months ago we spent our first Christmas without him, this should have been a happy and joyous period for our family, but it was tainted, and our Christmas Dinner was not the same as we were missing the central piece of our family.

At Majerkiewicz’s trial, jurors heard the murderer had an obsession with gore and gruesome horror films and sported a tattoo of slasher-film character Jason from Friday the 13th.

After killing Mr Everett with a hammer or similar tool, he spent around a week disposing of his remains, some of which he had kept in a freezer.

During this time he tried to trick the victim’s family into thinking he was still alive and planning to move abroad, sending them text messages and going so far as to post a birthday card to one of his relatives.

The statement, written by an unidentified relative of Mr Everett’s: ‘I keep looking back at the birthday card that I received last April, this is made even harder for our family to look at as we now know it was sent from a devious individual who wanted to make it seem like our Benny was still alive to cover his own sadistic actions.

‘Benny was the closest to our parents, and he was the keeper of our family photos, documents and memories.

‘Our parents were our heroes who suffered unimaginable pain a concentration camp during World War Two, they then moved to the UK and these records and images of our family history are now lost and so thoughtlessly disposed of.’

The family also praised Greater Manchester Police and the people of Greater Manchester for their support.

‘What happened to Stuart will haunt us for the rest of our lives and it is truly difficult to put into words how much he meant to us, and how much we will all miss him,’ they continued.

‘I’d like to finish Benny’s tribute from our family by sharing what was inscribed on his urn – “Those we love don’t go away, they walk with us everyday. Unseen, unheard but always near. Still loved, still missed and very dear”.”

Trial judge Mr Justice Cavanagh told Majerkiewicz, who made no reaction as he was jailed, it was pre-planned murder for gain, to steal Mr Everett’s money to pay off the killer’s spiralling debts.

He said: ‘You acted in an almost unbelievably cold-blooded and macabre way and showed complete disrespect and contempt for your friend’s remains.

‘This denied dignity to Stuart Everett even in death and greatly increased the pain suffered by Stuart Everett’s family when the murder came to light.’

Retired civil servant Mr Everett was murdered overnight between March 27 and 28 last year.

But police were only alerted after his torso was found by a member of the public at Kersal Dale nature reserve in Salford on April 4.

Detectives searched CCTV from the area and found footage, recorded two days previously, of a man entering the wooded area carrying a heavy blue bagbag for life and emerging shortly after without it.

Footage was also found of him walking around Salford with the bag.

His identity was unknown but three weeks later, Majerkiewicz was spotted by an officer working on the case who drove past him by chance and noted he looked like the man from the CCTV.

Majerkiewicz was arrested soon after.

When police searched his home in Winton, Salford, they found evidence of blood on a carpet and furniture and an attempted clean-up after the murder dismemberment.

Only a third of Mr Everett’s body has been recovered.

He had worked for the NHS and Department for Work and Pensions and was known as “Benny” to his family.

He was not married and had no children, and was a fan of ‘Rat Pack’ singers Dean Martin and Frank Sinatra, cricket and gardening.

In a victim impact statement read to the court, his brother Richard Ziemacki, said: ‘It’s extremely difficult to put into words how much I miss him. Seeing my brother on CCTV and listening to his voice for the last time will be moments that will live with me forever – I have no words other than absolutely horrendous.

‘Every day we have sat watching in disbelief as the evidence unfolded and clearly shown the way my brother’s end had been planned and orchestrated by an incredibly devious, monstrous individual.’

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