Grave yard murder trial: Security guard heard argument in Cowgate Cemetery on night homeless man was killed
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Updated: 13:00, 27 January 2021
A Dover security guard told a murder trial how she heard an argument near her home just hours before a man was discovered battered to death.
But she didn t know the victim was one of the men involved in the row.
Homeless Piotr Lacheta had been living in a tent in Cowgate Cemetery. Picture: GoFundMe
The jury at Maidstone Crown Court heard how Piotr Lacheta - known as Polish Pete - was beaten to death in Cowgate Cemetery in 2019.
Homeless Justin Burnett, 38, and Claire Lunn, 48, have both denied murder.
Graveyard murder trial: Suspect s girlfriend says co-defendant threatened to kill homeless man in Dover
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Updated: 17:58, 19 January 2021
The girlfriend of the suspect accused of killing a homeless man in a graveyard has told a jury how one of the defendants made threats to kill the victim.
Lisa Taylor, 45, has been in a relationship with Justin Burnett, who is also homeless, after losing her flat.
Piotr Lacheta. Picture: GoFundMe
On September 30, Mrs Taylor and Burnett, 38, had been together when she went to stay the night at her mother s home. Her boyfriend returned to Dover later and he and homeless Claire Lunn, 48, were arrested and charged with killing Mr Lacheta - known as Polish Pete - whose body was discovered in the graveyard.