Overview
- At the Old Bailey, Judge Nigel Lickley KC ordered life imprisonment with a 22-year minimum following Forrest’s 13 November murder conviction.
- Police found Dickson’s decomposed body in a bathtub at Forrest’s Moselle Avenue flat on 20 September 2024 after neighbors reported a foul smell in the boarded and padlocked property.
- Investigators linked Forrest to the killing through DNA, blood on a pizza box and a shirt, and CCTV showing him in the victim’s distinctive trainers days after the death.
- CCTV captured Dickson with Forrest and collecting a takeaway about ten days before the discovery, the last sighting of him alive.
- Dickson’s family thanked detectives for delivering justice and said no verdict can ease their loss, while the lead investigator expressed hope the sentence brings some closure.