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Six members of a Bedfordshire family are due to be sentenced over the death of a 26-year-old man whose headless corpse was found dumped in a lake.Michael Gilbert, 26, was tortured for his benefit money by the extended Watt family at their home in Luton.
James Watt, 27, Natasha Oldfield, 29, and Nichola Roberts, 22, were convicted of murder at Luton Crown Court.
Richard Watt, 25, Robert Watt, 20, and mother Jennifer Smith-Dennis, 58, will be sentenced for familial homicide.
All six will also be sentenced for charges of perverting the course of justice.
Michael Gilbert's body was dismembered and dumped at a beauty spot known as the Blue Lagoon in Arlesey, where it was discovered by fishermen in May last year.
Case review
During the trial, the court heard "vulnerable" Michael Gilbert, who met James Watt at a children's home when they were 15, was treated as a slave by the family.
Police said he was regularly assaulted and threatened over several years.
He was hit with bats, shot, stabbed and beatings were often filmed on mobile phones.
When the 26-year-old escaped, James Watt traced him through his benefit payments and National Insurance number and he would be forced back in to captivity.
Police had even paid for a rail ticket so he could return to Cambridge and escape the family but he was traced and bundled into a car before being taken back to the family home.
Det Ch Insp Jon Humphries said the defendants had showed callousness beyond anything he had witnessed in more than 26 years service.
A serious case review is to be held in relation to the case.This article is from the BBC News website. ? British Broadcasting Corporation, The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites.
James Watt, 27, Natasha Oldfield, 29, and Nichola Roberts, 22, were convicted of murder at Luton Crown Court.
Richard Watt, 25, Robert Watt, 20, and mother Jennifer Smith-Dennis, 58, will be sentenced for familial homicide.
All six will also be sentenced for charges of perverting the course of justice.
Michael Gilbert's body was dismembered and dumped at a beauty spot known as the Blue Lagoon in Arlesey, where it was discovered by fishermen in May last year.
Case review
During the trial, the court heard "vulnerable" Michael Gilbert, who met James Watt at a children's home when they were 15, was treated as a slave by the family.
Police said he was regularly assaulted and threatened over several years.
He was hit with bats, shot, stabbed and beatings were often filmed on mobile phones.
When the 26-year-old escaped, James Watt traced him through his benefit payments and National Insurance number and he would be forced back in to captivity.
Police had even paid for a rail ticket so he could return to Cambridge and escape the family but he was traced and bundled into a car before being taken back to the family home.
Det Ch Insp Jon Humphries said the defendants had showed callousness beyond anything he had witnessed in more than 26 years service.
A serious case review is to be held in relation to the case.This article is from the BBC News website. ? British Broadcasting Corporation, The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites.