An undercover TV researcher who spent 16 years on the run following the brutal torture killing of a dad-of-two at a cannabis farm has lost an appeal against his conviction.
Christopher Guest More Jr, from Lymm, was jailed for life for the murder of Brian Waters in December 2021, more than 18 years after the killing.
On June 19, 2003 Mr Waters was tortured and killed on a farm in Tabley, Cheshire, close to junction 19 of the M6. The court heard he was hung upside down by his ankles and brutally tortured in front of his children.
Mr Waters and farm worker Suleman Razak, who survived the four-hour ordeal, were tied up and suspended from rafters, beaten, and dropped in barrels of liquid.
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