Overview

• Jurors returned the murder verdict on August 28, and coverage indicates Barlow now faces a life sentence.
• Prosecutors presented forensic evidence showing Barlow’s DNA on Ms Borocz’s clothing and on her left breast.
• The CPS stated Barlow stripped Ms Borocz of her clothes, hid her body in his shed, disposed of the clothing, lied to a friend, canceled his cleaner, and denied to police that he had met her.
• Barlow initially denied any contact with Ms Borocz, then told the court he found her dead in his kitchen and moved her body to the shed before placing her clothes in a bin.
• CCTV captured the pair leaving a Bolton shop together on December 14, and Ms Borocz was found unclothed in Barlow’s shed about a week later, with a pathologist outlining possible causes of death but no single definitive determination.