Chilling ‘confession’ of boyfriend who ‘beat mum to death then hid body in suitcase inside wheelie bin for 3 months’
A MAN who battered a mum to death then kept her body stashed in a suitcase said "I felt nothing" in a chilling confession, a court heard.
Matthew Waddell, 35, allegedly launched into a “frenzied and horrific attack” on ex Sarah Albone, 38, causing her catastrophic injuries.
He then dumped mum-of-three Sarah's body in a suitcase, which he left in a wheelie bin at her home in Biggleswade, Bedfordshire, it is said.
Luton Crown Court heard how on Christmas Eve - a month after the attack - Waddell sent a video message to a pal as Sarah decomposed just feet away.
He told him: "This is what Christmas is all about - a big glass of wine and James May talking about f***ing different types of cheese.”
Sarah was eventually discovered three months later on February 25 this year.
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The suitcase had been wrapped in industrial clingfilm and hidden under the remains of a carpet.
When it was opened, officers found Sarah in the foetal position in her pyjamas.
A post mortem gave a cause of death as airway obstruction caused by catastrophic injuries to her head.
Sarah also had broken ribs and injuries to her body and is believed to have been killed around the end of November 2022, jurors were told.
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The court heard the mum, who had multiple sclerosis, was punched, kicked and stamped on while getting in or out of bed.
While police searched her home, they discovered a note allegedly written by Waddell, saying: "I stamped on your head so many times I have caved your head literally, but you were still breathing.
"I grabbed a towel and wrapped it around your head. There was blood everywhere.
“I felt nothing.”
The court was told there was blood splattered on the wall by the side of Sarah's bed.
Police also discovered a large amount had also soaked through the carpet on to the floorboards below.
Waddell had told Sarah's family and friends she was receiving treatment at hospital and could not be contacted in a bid to cover up the crime, jurors heard.
He also allegedly helped himself to her bank card and sold her belongings as her body decomposed in the wheelie bin.
But he was caught after Sarah's step-sister Corinne Foster grew suspicious of the text messages, jurors heard.
The couple had been together since November 2020, with the relationship described in court as "toxic".
Sarah had attempted to end things in January 2021 but the relationship started up again three months later.
After a second attempt to leave Waddell, he repeatedly showed up at her home until he was arrested for harassment, it was said.
He was released on police bail with a condition not to contact her but Waddell allegedly ignored it and visited her home.
Prosecutor Martin Mulgrew said: "He had developed an obsession and could not accept she would not be part of his life."
Waddell denies murder.
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The trial continues.
