Overview

• Belfield, 31, was sentenced on July 4 to life imprisonment with a 37-year minimum after jurors convicted him of murdering 38-year-old Thomas Campbell and conspiring to rob him
• Court evidence showed Belfield orchestrated hostile surveillance and attached a tracker to Campbell’s car before recruiting accomplices for the July 2, 2022 ambush at Campbell’s Mossley home
• Forensic pathologists testified that Campbell suffered 61 injuries—including stab wounds, asphyxia and burns from hot liquid—over a two-hour torture session
• Co-defendant Reece Steven received a life term for murder, Stephen Cleworth was convicted of manslaughter, Coleen Campbell was jailed in 2023 for manslaughter and robbery conspiracy, and a fourth attacker remains at large
• After the killing, Belfield fled to Suriname, was arrested there in March 2023 and extradited to the UK in mid-2024 to face trial