Husband who cut his wifes body into more than 200 pieces jailed for life

A husband who cut his wife’s body into 224 pieces before paying a friend £50 to help him dump her remains in a river has been jailed for life. Nicholas Metson, 28, stabbed Holly Bramley, 26, at least four times in March 2023 before dismembering her and keeping her body parts stored for a week in the kitchen larder at the flat they shared in Lincoln. He also used her Facebook account to message her friends and trick them into thinking she was still alive, claiming she had left him and moved to Manchester while sending himself money from her bank account. Ms Bramley’s remains were discovered by a member of the public in the river on the evening of March 25 – more than a week after she was last seen. Watch more on Independent TV: Click here to subscribe to The Independent: About The Independent: Making Change Happen. The Independent is the world’s most free-thinking newsbrand,