Drug addict 'beat amputee to death' in Leeds block of flats, then casually bought a milkshake at nearby shop
Victim sustained multiple injuries from kicks, stamps and a weapon
A homeless drug addict beat a one-legged man to death in his own Leeds flat and dumped his body outside before casually walking to the shop to buy a milkshake, a court has been told.
Scott Silkstone, 51, is standing trial at Leeds Crown Court charged with murdering Dwayne Tuohey in Burmantofts on New Year’s Day.
Mr Tuohey dished out a “sustained and brutal assault” on the 55-year-old amputee, prosecutor Michelle Colborne KC told the jury during her opening speech today.
She said despite being unconscious, Silkstone continued to kick, stamp and punch Mr Tuohey’s lifeless body as he dragged him from his own flat on Gargrave Court and dumped him next to bins outside. He was also struck multiple times with a weapon.
Silkstone then removed Mr Tuohey’s trousers before walking away. He discarded the trousers and went to the nearby shop where he bought a drink, the jury heard.
Police were called to Gargrave Court at 8.14am on Thursday, January 1, following reports of the attack.
Silkstone, of no fixed address, was arrested a few streets away covered in blood where he claimed that he had injuries worse than Mr Tuohey. In fact, he only had a cut to his hand.
Mr Tuohey suffered a bleed to the brain, damage to his heart and intestines, multiple rib fractures, a fractured breast bone, a broken nose, cuts to his body from the weapon, lost teeth and bruising across his head and body.
He died in hospital later that morning.
Ms Colborne said both Silkstone and Mr Tuohey knew each other and both had long-standing drug addictions. Both had been taking drugs prior to the fatal attack.
She said Mr Tuohey had a leg removed in 2006 and used crutches to get about.
It was heard that police had raised concerns about Mr Tuohey’s welfare in the days leading up to his death, that “people had been coming round to take advantage of him”, taking money from him and threatening him.
Body-worn camera footage from a visiting officer to his flat was played to the jury, where he was heard asking who had been threatening him.
Footage was also screened that the Crown suggests shows Mr Tuohey withdrawing money from a Post Office and handing it over to Silkstone in the hours before his death.
The trial continues and is expected to last around seven days.