article_snippet.sent: The 39-year-old's remains were stuffed into two suitcases before Lorenzo Simon, 34, of Smethwick, West Midlands, and his girlfriend Michelle Bird threw Lorenzo Simon, 34, of Smethwick, West Midlands, and his girlfriend Michelle Bird into Birmingham Canal, Birmingham Crown Court heard.
article_snippet.sent: Drag marks were also found on the towpath near where the pair dumped the suitcases into the canal.
article_snippet.sent: The 39-year-old's remains were stuffed into two suitcases before Lorenzo Simon and Bird threw Simon and Bird into Birmingham Canal.
article_snippet.sent: Mr Spalding's body parts were found inside this suitcase, which was dumped in the Birmingham Canal .
article_snippet.sent: A second suitcase (pictured) containing Mr Spalding remains was discovered 11 days later .
article_snippet.sent: A second suitcase (pictured) containing Mr Spalding's remains was first spotted on May 5 floating in the water near Pope Bridge by a narrow boat owner.
article_snippet.sent: A second suitcase (pictured) containing Mr Spalding's remains was seen on several subsequent occasions by canal users before a contractor, suspecting the case contained a dead animal, towed a dead animal to Icknield Port yard on May 12.
article_snippet.sent: The remains of Mr Spalding were found in a canal in Ladywood, Birmingham on May 12 last year .