17 year sentence for man who killed Leeds woman before hiding her body in wheelie bin
32 year old Theresa Jordan, also know as Terri, was found in bushes near to the Asda store in Harehills two years ago
A man has been handed a 17 year sentence after killing a woman in Leeds, before hiding her body close to a supermarket in Harehills.
The body of 32 year old Theresa Jordan, also know as Terri, was found in bushes near to the Asda store in Kimberley Road on the afternoon of June 23 2022.
Forensic examinations determined she'd died some time before her body was found but could not find a specific cause of death.
Asphyxiation was considered a possible reason for Terri's death.
Specialist search teams later traced a wheelie bin, which its thought was used to dump her body, in Clifton Mount.
40 year old Mark Metcalfe, of Ashton Mount, was later identified as a suspect in the case.
It was later established that Terri and a friend had been drinking at Metcalfe's home on June 11.
The pair left after having an argument with Metcalfe, but Terri later returned. It was then she was attacked and killed.
She was then stripped and placed into a wheelie bin, before the smell forced Metcalfe to move it.
He was arrested in July 2022 and was eventually charged with Terri's murder on March 5 this year.
He was eventually convicted of manslaughter and of preventing the lawful burial of a body at Leeds Crown Court.
The 40 year old has now been sentenced to 14 years in prison for manslaughter, with a further three years for the other offence.
Senior Investigating Officer, Detective Chief Inspector Guy Shackleton said: “Terri’s family are understandably still struggling to come to terms with her being so cruelly taken from them in such awful circumstances.
“Metcalfe’s denials, both in police interviews and at his trial, have meant that her family still don’t have the answers they need about why he killed her, but we hope it will provide at least some degree of comfort to them to know he has now been criminally held to account for the pain he has caused.
“The circumstances of Terri’s death and the discovery of her body presented us with some significant investigative challenges, but we remained determined to bring the investigation to a successful conclusion on behalf of her family and we carried out extensive and painstaking enquiries over nearly two years to achieve that aim.”