Man who battered 40-year-old to death and left body in bath jailed for life

A man who battered a 40-year-old to death and left his body in a bath has been jailed for life.

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00:01Police discovered 40-year-old Marvin Dickinson's body curled in a bathtub after one of the

00:07defendants' neighbours alerted the Metropolitan Police to a dreadful smell coming from his

00:15property on Moselle Avenue in Wood Green in North London in September of last year.

00:23Thirty-six-year-old Dante Forrest was sentenced to a life with a minimum term of 22 years here

00:30at the Old Bailey on Tuesday. Mr Dickinson was last seen on CCTV footage in the early hours

00:36of the 10th of September, walking with the defendants and carrying a takeaway pizza box

00:43when police arrived at Forrest's home. Ten days later, they found the property boarded

00:49up padlocks and in complete darkness. A pathological examination showed Mr Dickinson died as a result

00:59of a substantial blunt force trauma to the left side of his head, while a blood-stained pizza

01:06box was found in Mr Forrest's flat, suggesting Mr Dickinson died soon after the last sighting.

01:14Mr Dickinson's family said in a statement that he will forever be loved, missed and remembered.

01:21Detective Inspector Mark Johnson from the Met Specialist Crime Unit, who led the investigation,

01:29said the sentence will hopefully bring a small amount of closure to Marvin's family, adding

01:37the victims' family have shown immense strength throughout the investigation.

01:44Detective Inspector Mark Johnson from the