A GAY cannibal chef was found guilty today of murdering a boyfriend, carving flesh from his thigh and seasoning it with herbs before frying and eating it.
Former Mr Gay UK Anthony Morley, 36, of Leeds, slashed Damian Oldfield’s throat before stabbing him multiple times and cutting sections of flesh from his body.
Mr Oldfield, 33, had been in bed with Morley at the time of the murder.
Rape
Morley later walked into a nearby kebab shop wearing a bloodstained dressing gown and flipflops and told staff he had killed someone because he tried to rape him.
A jury at Leeds Crown Court took just two hours and 20 minutes to find him guilty of murder.
Members of the packed public gallery cheered and applauded as the verdict was read out.
Morley clasped his hands and bowed his head and several jury members left the court in tears.
During the two-week trial, the court heard how Morley carved sections of flesh from Mr Oldfield’s thigh and chest, including the nipple.
He left a Lloyds TSB bank card over the wound on his victim’s chest.
Police searching the house later found a chopping board with six pieces of human flesh, cooked so they were raw in the middle and browned on the edes.
A bundle of fresh herbs, a knife used to chop them, some olive oil and a dish of seeds were found on the work surface near the cooker and a frying pan was on the hob with the remnants of fried herbs and oil in it.
The murder was described to the jury as “terrible, horrific and bizarre”.
The court heard that Morley and Mr Oldfield, who sold advertising space, had previously had a relationship of some kind but that Morley was confused about his sexuality.
Morley was the first winner of the Mr Gay UK title in 1993 but he had a girlfriend at the time.
On the day of the murder, the two men met in Leeds before later going back to Morley’s house, where he cooked openly gay Mr Oldfield a meal.
The pair, who had both been drinking, kissed and cuddled and went upstairs to his bedroom to watch a DVD of the film Brokeback Mountain in bed.
The court heard that sexual activity took place between the two men before Morley launched his attack.
He claimed he could not remember killing Mr Oldfield or his following actions and denied murder on the grounds of provocation or diminished responsibility.
The Sun