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Three on trial in "body in a suitcase" murder

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  • THE trial of three people accused of murdering Boscombe man Geoffrey Reed begins today
  • Stuart Raymond Wareham, 26, of Cecil Road, Boscombe, Benjamin Henry Walter, 22, and Lee Raymond Wareham, 33, both of no fixed address, are accused of murdering Mr Reed, 57, in Bournemouth between June 6 and June 14 last year
  • Mr Reed,a convicted sex offender, went missing from his flat in Cecil Road. His remains were discovered in an area of woodland off Huntick Road, Lytchett Matravers, north of Poole.
  • Timothy Mousley QC and Simon Jones prosecute.
  • Stuart Wareham is represented by Ian Lawrie QC and Timothy Bradbury.
  • Lee Wareham is represented by Oba Nsugbe QC and Rebecca Fairbairn.
  • Benjamin Walter is represented by David Mason QC and Andrew Baker.

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