The detectives called to Thomas Campbell's home will never forget the scene they found inside
23.02.2023 - 01:49
/ manchestereveningnews.co.uk
A senior detective called to the scene of Thomas Campbell's murder described what he saw as being 'like something from a horror film', as three convicted killers faced justice. Mr Campbell, 38, was subjected to two hours of 'unimaginable' pain as he was tortured to death in his own home.
Blood covered the walls of his smart new build home in Mossley, Tameside, which was turned into a house of horrors. Suffering 61 separate injuries, including being stabbed, punched, kicked and strangled, dad-of-two Mr Campbell then had boiling water poured on his buttocks.
He was discovered the following morning, naked apart from a pair of socks, lay in his hallway having died hours earlier. "I've been in the police for 20 years and I've never been to a scene like that ever before," Detective Sergeant Paul Davies of GMP told the Manchester Evening News.
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"Just seeing the state of it, it was like something from a horror film."
Detective Inspector Mark Davis, the senior investigating officer in the case, added: "It was a horrendous scene. Despite us being inside that scene, in suits in the summer for over two weeks, we didn't find any forensic evidence linking the suspects to the scene, because they cleaned up after themselves." Instead, police built up a compelling case of circumstantial evidence including CCTV footage and phone data which ended up convicting three people for their roles in the killing.
The detectives spoke out after the defendants faced justice at Bolton Crown Court for the killing of Mr Campbell, a drug dealer whose home was ransacked while he was brutally attacked. They also revealed that two Rolex watches belonging to Mr Campbell remain