Overview
- Bodycam video released by West Mercia Police shows paramedics entering Leon Pratt’s Telford home as Jason Trundle points to a bedroom and says, “he’s been dead about 12 days.”
- Medics found the 64-year-old wrapped in a duvet and decomposing in bed on October 26, 2024, after neighbors reported not seeing him since late September.
- Prosecutors said Trundle, 52, met Mr Pratt on social media and moved in as an unofficial carer for the wheelchair user who had multiple health problems.
- A post-mortem identified severe injuries to Mr Pratt’s back, ribs, and neck that led police to charge murder, while Trundle admitted preventing a lawful burial and using the victim’s bank card.
- Jurors convicted Trundle of murder and a judge imposed life with a 19-year minimum at Worcester Crown Court on April 10, 2026, following a trial held at Stafford Crown Court.