article_snippet.sent: Lorenzo Simon, 34, forced victim Michael Spalding, 39, to decorate Lorenzo Simon flat before attacking Lorenzo Simon when Lorenzo Simon refused to work any longer.
article_snippet.sent: Birmingham Crown Court heard Lorenzo Simon murdered Mr Spalding, known as Spud, by stabbing Lorenzo Simon in the neck at the flat Mr Spalding, known as Spud shared in Smethwick, Birmingham, on April 26 last year.
article_snippet.sent: Further searches of the canal bed uncovered a hacksaw which was used to saw off Mr Spalding's head.
article_snippet.sent: He denied knowledge of Mr Spalding death, claiming He threw Mr Spalding out following a row over a car crash, but later admitted assaulting Mr Spalding during a fight.
article_snippet.sent: Detectives later heard accounts from neighbours who told of 'aggressive, nasty' arguments coming from the flat.
article_snippet.sent: Speaking after the verdict, Detective Inspector Harry Harrison, of West Midlands Police, said: 'Mr Spalding was exploited in life by Simon and Michelle Bird and Lorenzo Simon and Michelle Bird afforded Mr Spalding no dignity in death.
article_snippet.sent: On the contrary, police treated Mr Spalding in the most despicable manner in order to conceal police crime. '
highlights_snippet.sent: Lorenzo Simon, 34, forced tenant Michael Spalding to decorate Michael Spalding flat .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: But following an argument, Michael Spalding was stabbed and dismembered .
  