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A former butcher strangled a woman to death and had sex with her dead body before cutting her up into pieces, a court has heard
A former butcher strangled a woman to death and had sex with her dead body before cutting her up into pieces, a court has heard. Cardiff Crown Court heard Tracey Woodford, 47, was killed by 50-year-old Christopher Nigel May just hours after meeting him in a local pub. Jurors were told two detectives carrying out routine enquiries into her disappearance at May's flat in Pontypridd, south Wales, were stunned when a shower curtain was pulled back revealing two human arms and legs in a bath. Prosecutor Roger Thomas said the 47-year-old's severed head was later retrieved from a ledge deep inside an underground tunnel. DNA tests later revealed the defendant's semen was found inside the deceased's mutilated body. Mr Thomas said: "It is impossible for scientists to say when the defendant ejaculated whether Ms Woodford was either dead or alive. "But we submit it's extremely likely, if not almost certain, that occurred when she was dead. "The marks of violence