article_snippet.sent: Lorenzo Simon, 34, of Smethwick, West Midlands, and Lorenzo Simon girlfriend Michelle Bird used West Midlands, and his girlfriend Michelle Bird friend Michael Spalding for slave labour before Michael Spalding killed Michael Spalding and dismembered the body.
article_snippet.sent: Lorenzo Simon, (left) who killed Michael Spalding (right) before stuffing the body in a suitcase and throwing the body into a canal, has been jailed for a minimum of 19 years .
article_snippet.sent: Police said: 'Michael was exploited in life by Lorenzo Simon and Michelle Bird and Lorenzo Simon and Michelle Bird afforded Michael no dignity in death.
article_snippet.sent: On the contrary, Lorenzo Simon and Michelle Bird treated Michael in the most despicable manner in order to conceal Lorenzo Simon and Michelle Bird crime. '
article_snippet.sent: Lorenzo Simon accepted Michael as a tenant on the agreement Lorenzo Simon used Lorenzo Simon considerable handyman skills to do up the flat.
article_snippet.sent: But Lorenzo Simon treated Lorenzo Simon like a slave, working Lorenzo Simon past midnight and then waking Lorenzo Simon early in the morning to continue working. '
article_snippet.sent: They were only allowed out with Lorenzo Simon say-so and given just one meal a day - usually pizza and chips. '
article_snippet.sent: Lorenzo Simon finally broke and complained at They treatment - we believe that, combined with a car accident where Lorenzo Simon accused Lorenzo Simon of being responsible for damaging Lorenzo Simon VW Passat, led to the fatal attack. '
article_snippet.sent: Lorenzo Simon said Lorenzo Simon hit Lorenzo Simon in the back and that Lorenzo Simon fell to the floor dead within seconds and claimed to have disposed of the body in panic. '
article_snippet.sent: However, we were able to provide compelling evidence to the jury that this was a vicious murder and that Lorenzo Simon went to considerable lengths to try and cover Lorenzo Simon tracks.'
article_snippet.sent: However, Lorenzo Simon blamed the father-of-three for a collision in mid-April that left Lorenzo Simon VW Passat with front end damage - and told Mr Spalding the crash ended Mr Spalding hopes of securing Mr Spalding own place and jeopardised their own tenancy arrangement.
highlights_snippet.sent: Lorenzo Simon, 34, forced tenant Michael Spalding to decorate Michael Spalding flat .
  