Full story of body in suitcase murder and how Phoenix Netts was found in the Forest of Dean
Gloucestershire detective says killer is most callous, calculating and evil person he has dealt with
Updated A woman jailed for at least 23 years for murdering a friend who spurned her sexual advances spent a long time in the Forest of Dean trying to dispose of the the remains before she was finally caught with a burned torso in two suitcases.
Gareeca Gordon, 28, stabbed Phoenix Netts four times at a Birmingham refuge where they both lived on April 16 last year after the university graduate told her she wanted to move back to London.
Police release bodycam footage of moment horrified cops make arrest and find murder victim in suitcase
Police bodycam footage shows Garecca Gordon, 28, attempting to stop police from finding the body of Phoenix Netts
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This is the heart-breaking moment horrified cops discovered a dismembered murder victim s body hidden in suitcases.
Bodyworn footage shows Garecca Gordon, 28, with the large bags in a country lane in the Forest of Dean on May 12, last year.
Phoenix Netts devastated family pay tear-jerking tribute as killer sentenced
Gareeca Gordon, 28, is being sentenced at Bristol Crown Court for murdering Phoenix at the property where they both lived in Birmingham on April 16 last year
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The killer of Phoenix Netts is today being sentenced after the 28-year-old s dismembered body was found in suitcases in Gloucestershire.
By Press Association 2021
Gareeca Gordon (Gloucestershire Constabulary/PA)
A “callous, calculating and evil” woman who murdered and dismembered her vulnerable friend after she rebuffed her sexual advances has been jailed for life.
Gareeca Gordon, 28, stabbed Phoenix Netts in the accommodation where they both lived in Lozells, Birmingham, on April 16 last year.
Ms Netts could have survived the four stab wounds to her chest and torso but Gordon refused to call the emergency services and left her to die for up to 12 hours.
During that time, Gordon used the mobile phone of Ms Netts to make internet searches including “how to fix punctured lung”, “internal bleeding” and “can someone recover from getting stabbed”.
Family release new pictures of Phoenix Netts after senseless act of violence ended her life
Phoenix Netts was murdered at an HMO property in Lozells on April 16, last year
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The family of murdered Phoenix Netts have released new pictures of their loved one as they described the senseless act of violence which ended her life at a young age.