The rest of the dismembered remains of Alexander Brown were found hidden in bags below the water at Pentney Lakes in March 2005.

Twenty years on the depravity of the frenzied revenge killing still shocks.

Murderer Edward Simmons battered Mr Brown to death with a hammer, cut him up with a chainsaw and dumped him hoping the lake would keep his terrible secret.

He had vowed to get his Mr Brown out of his life for good when another friend told him he had raped her.

The discovery of a dismembered torso in reeds at Pentney Lakes was the breakthrough in murder case (Image: Newsquest) Alexander Brown had been missing since visiting Swaffham in October 2004 (Image: Newsquest)

Mr Brown, 36, from........

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