Daily Echo | Jamie Dack | Coverage of the Southampton body in the bin murder trial

Victim cried out and begged, court hears

2:36pm Tuesday 16th April 2013

ONE of Jamie Dack's alleged killers told police how he had been crying out in pain and begging them to stop hurting him before he died.

Gang went to rave after killing, court hears

12:24pm Tuesday 16th April 2013

THREE friends accused of helping murder Jamie went to a rave after allegedly playing a part in his violent death, the court was told.

Gang 'took it turns to beat victim with baseball bat'

11:28am Tuesday 16th April 2013

A GANG took it in turns to batter Jamie Dack with a baseball bat as the "need to finish him off became a necessity" a court was told today.

Body-in-the-bin murder retrial begins

2:54pm Monday 15th April 2013

A MAN was kept tied, gagged and locked in a flat before he was brutally murdered and his body set on fire in a bin, a court heard.

Murder retrial delayed

11:49am Wednesday 27th March 2013

THE trial of three people accused of murdering and then burning the body of a young Hampshire man will start a day later than planned.

Retrial set for body-in-the-bin death

2:19pm Friday 22nd March 2013

THREE people accused of murdering a Hampshire man and burning his body in a bin will face a retrial next month.

Retrial date set for Jamie Dack murder accused

11:13am Monday 17th December 2012

THREE friends accused of murdering a vulnerable young man and setting his body alight in a bin will face a retrial next April.

Dramatic guilty verdict in Jamie Dack murder trial

2:38pm Friday 16th November 2012

A man accused of the horrifying murder of Jamie Dack has been convicted of the savage killing after dramatically telling jurors he is guilty of the crime.

Accused ‘lunged’ knife into neck

3:39pm Wednesday 14th November 2012

A MAN accused of being part of a gang who murdered Jamie Dack told a court he wouldn’t have stabbed him if he’d been medicated for his ADHD.

Jamie Dack murder trial: Defendant was warned it was too risky to let him go

4:00am Wednesday 14th November 2012

A MAN who admitted beating up Jamie Dack told a court he intended to let him go, but was warned it was "too risky" and he would be "grassed up" to the police.

Jamie Dack murder accused had 138 previous convictions

12:02pm Tuesday 13th November 2012

One of the men accused of killing a Southampton man during a savage beating has 138 previous convictions, a court heard.

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Jamie Dack murder trial: I didn't want to kill says defendant

6:12pm Monday 12th November 2012

A MAN has told a court how he wanted to "break bones" when he beat Jamie Dack with a baseball bat the night before he and his friends allegedly murdered him.

Jamie Dack murder trial: Fourth defendant admits perverting course of justice

1:37pm Monday 12th November 2012

A WOMAN accused of being part of a gang who tortured and murdered a young man has today admitted perverting the course of justice.

Murder accused threat to kill police, court told

11:43am Friday 9th November 2012

MEMBERS of a gang accused of torturing a young Southampton man to death discussed “killing police” if they were caught dumping the body, jurors heard.

Murder trial accused claimed she was threatened

5:36pm Thursday 8th November 2012

“If you don’t help tidy up you will be next.”

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Murder suspects taking body to skip were confronted by police, jurors heard

1:59pm Thursday 8th November 2012

THREE murder suspects were taking the body of a young Southampton man to be dumped in a skip on an industrial estate when police pulled up alongside, jurors heard.

Alleged murder victim pleaded for his life, court told.

6:25pm Wednesday 7th November 2012

AN alleged murder victim pleaded for his life as he was being repeatedly attacked in a Southampton flat, jurors heard today.

Gang 'taunted Jamie'

5:35pm Monday 5th November 2012

A court has heard the gang accused of killing Jamie Dack allegedly told him the beatings would get worse if he didn't stop crying.

Alleged murder scene heavily bloodstained

1:20pm Sunday 4th November 2012

A FORENSIC scientist told a murder trial jury of blood stains she found in a Southampton flat where a vulnerable young man Jamie Dack was allegedly killed.

Trio 'looked on website' about body

12:20pm Thursday 1st November 2012

THREE people accused of murdering Jamie Dack looked up the story on the Daily Echo’s website when they saw a police cordon, a court has heard.

Friend 'physically destroyed' after body found in bin

1:15pm Monday 22nd October 2012

A FRIEND of Jamie Dack told how she called police to help with his murder investigation because she knew a group of people allegedly responsible and it was "eating me up inside".

Jury see murder trial victim on CCTV

5:15pm Thursday 18th October 2012

JURORS have today viewed CCTV footage of Jamie Dack in Southampton three days before his body was found in a burning bin.

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Murder accused 'wanted to sell victim's laptop to pay for party'

1:02pm Thursday 18th October 2012

A WOMAN has told jurors how she was interested in buying a laptop from one of the men accused of murdering Jamie Dack.

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Murder accused 'used baseball bat to beat victim to death'

4:00am Thursday 18th October 2012

A MAN accused of murder revealed to pals how he had used a baseball bat as he beat Jamie Dack to death, a court heard.

Man attacked weeks before murder

10:06am Tuesday 16th October 2012

A MAN was attacked and left unconscious in a Southampton supermarket car park – just weeks before he was allegedly tortured and murdered, a court heard.

Body-in-bin jury visit flat where victim died

4:06pm Saturday 13th October 2012

JURORS hearing the case of a gang-of-four accused of slowly torturing a young man to death and then |setting fire to his body in a bin have visited the Southampton flat where he lost his life.

Murder suspect 'broke down in tears'

4:57pm Thursday 11th October 2012

One of the group accused of murdering Jamie Dack broke down after a series of police interviews and told his solicitor he now had to tell the truth, a court heard.

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Alleged murder victim 'cowered in a wardrobe'

2:14pm Thursday 11th October 2012

AN alleged murder victim cowered in a wardrobe after a brutal attack before his death, a court has heard.

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Details of how four accused of Jamie Dack murder moved victim's body

4:21pm Thursday 11th October 2012

Jurors have heard details of the "operation" by the four people accused of murdering Jamie Dack as they removed his body from the flat where he was killed.

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'Tortured, murdered and set on fire in a bin'

12:28pm Thursday 11th October 2012

A cold blooded gang tortured then murdered a vulnerable young man before wheeling his body in a bin to an industrial estate where they doused him in petrol and set it on fire, a court heard.

Body in bin murder accused in court

11:30am Monday 16th April 2012

FOUR people accused of murdering Southampton man Jamie Dack whose body was found in a bin appeared today at Winchester Crown Court.

Four charged with Jamie Dack murder

7:29am Thursday 12th April 2012

FOUR people are today due to appear in court charged with murdering Jamie Dack, whose body was found burnt in a wheelie bin.