Overview
- A judge at the Old Bailey imposed a life sentence with a minimum term of 22 years for the murder of 40-year-old Marvin Dickson.
- Investigators linked Dante Forrest to the crime through Marvin’s blood found on a pizza box and on a shirt recovered inside the flat.
- CCTV showed Dickson with Forrest shortly before the killing and later captured Forrest wearing Dickson’s distinctive trainers, which were never found.
- Police discovered Dickson’s decomposed body in a bathtub on September 20, 2024, after forcing entry to a boarded and padlocked Moselle Avenue property where no signs of forced entry were identified.
- A post-mortem recorded multiple injuries, including head and facial fractures and several stab wounds, and Dickson’s family thanked those involved in the case while expressing enduring grief.