A DUDLEY woman's murder at the hands of two strangers in a 'flat of horrors' is to be re-examined in true crime show airing on TV tonight (Monday February 14).
Julia Rawson's case features in the new series Killer Britain hosted by Dermot Murnaghan, airs tonight on the Sky channel Crime + Investigation at 9pm.
It is the first episode in season four.
Serial killer fan Nathan Maynard-Ellis and his partner David Leesley dismembered Julia and dumped her body parts in bin bags on waste ground near their Tipton flat.
Julia, aged 42, was brutally murdered after getting into a chance conversation with Maynard-Ellis at the Bottle and Cork pub in Dudley in May, 2019.
She and Maynard-Ellis had taken a taxi back to the flat he shared with Leesley.
The sick pair bludgeoned her to death with a rolling pin before using hacksaws to cut her body up into 12 pieces which they stuffed into black bin bags.
Searches inside the men's flat revealed a macabre collection of serial killer books, latex masks and Chucky doll figures.
Murderers Nathan Maynard-Ellis and David Leesley caught on police bodycam as they are initially questioned by police. Pic West Midlands Police
An array of tools, including axes and knives, could also be seen hanging on the wall.
As well as having been seen by psychiatrists about his sexually violent fantasies, Maynard-Ellis had collected newspaper clippings and books about serial killers, and horror films featuring decapitation and necrophilia.
After Julia was reported missing by family and friends, CCTV images showed her chatting to Maynard-Ellis in the pub and then later showed Maynard-Ellis and Leesley walking along the towpath carrying bags.
CCTV footage showed Maynard-Ellis dumping a blood-stained sofa and roll of carpet at Oldbury rubbish tip.
Both men were found guilty of murder and jailed for life following a trial.
Maynard-Ellis will serve at least 30 years behind bars, while Leesley was sentenced to a minimum term of 19 years.
Speaking after the couple were found guilty, Detective Inspector Jim Colclough, from West Midlands Police's homicide team, said: “Julia did nothing wrong that evening. "The way in which she was murdered and treated in death are despicable.
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