Live covering from the sentencing of Daniel Walsh - the Chesterfield man who murdered and dismembered pensioner Graham Snell

The man who murdered and dismembered Chesterfield pensioner Graham Snell is due to be sentenced this morning for his crimes.
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We are here at Derby Crown Court to cover proceedings after Daniel Walsh was found guilty of murdering the 72-year-old and disposing of much of his body in a badgers’ set following a trial in December.

The 30-year-old had claimed that Mr Snell had died of natural causes, and he had panicked and disposed of the body because he thought he would have been implicated in his death.

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Walsh had been due to be sentenced last month, but fired his entire legal team after the guilty verdict was returned, then insisted on new representation.

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