In a field by a church they found him lying in a foetal position - and a disturbing story of matricide unfolded
manchestereveningnews.co.ukIn a field next to a church, police who had launched a manhunt came across a body. They moved closer, as they followed a path of freshly trodden down grass to where the man lay. "Is he dead?," one officer wondered out loud. READ MORE : Police search woodland as part of investigation into murder He had been badly burned to his hands and feet, but Mark See was very much alive.
See had spent the best part of 16 hours there. He was discovered in the foetal position on the grass. Hours earlier, he had driven 12 miles from his home in Gorton, in his work van, to a churchyard next to Manchester Airport.
The van was found abandoned next to the Airport cargo centre, with its keys inside. Manchester's courts are some of the busiest in the country with a vast array of cases heard every week.
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