Overview
- Chelmsford Crown Court began hearing the case against Ciprian Ilie, 45, who denies assisting an offender and preventing the lawful and decent burial of a body.
- Prosecutors allege bar worker Ceyhan Dinler fatally stabbed Cumali Turhan, 45, inside the Barista bar and mutilated the body before disposal.
- CCTV shown to jurors charts Dinler’s movements from late‑night drinking to a train to Stratford, a return to work, then an appearance at Stansted before a flight to Istanbul.
- Investigators say Turhan’s body was placed in a commercial bin that was emptied into refuse, with specialist teams searching about 80 tonnes at Bellhouse Landfill to recover the remains on January 11.
- The prosecution says Ilie helped clean the scene, fetched clothes and moved the body under a duress claim he later disclosed to a homeless charity worker who alerted police, leading to his arrest on November 20.