Overview
- The footage released Tuesday by West Mercia Police shows Jason Trundle telling paramedics that Leon Pratt had been dead for about 12 days.
- Trundle, who had moved in as Pratt's unofficial carer after meeting on social media, denies killing him and says he did not report the death because he had nowhere else to go.
- A post-mortem found injuries to the ribs and lower back and seven fractures in the neck that a prosecutor said were most probably caused by manual strangulation.
- Trundle denies murder but has pleaded guilty to manslaughter, a plea the Crown does not accept, and he admits preventing a lawful burial and fraud after using Pratt's bank card.
- Pratt's body, discovered October 26, 2024, was found wrapped in a duvet at his Shropshire home after neighbors reported weeks without seeing him and a foul smell from the property.