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| Murder hunt as drug dealer’s
mutilated corpse discovered |
Police divers continue to search
for rest of crack dealer’s body in canal
THE gory remains of a Marylebone crack-dealer were pulled from the
Regent’s Canal on Friday night.
Murder squad detectives say they want to catch the killers of Marvin
Gentles, 28, quickly, before they strike again.
His torso was found in a binbag inside a floral ‘granny-bag’-style
shopping trolley by a member of the public walking along the towpath.
Other towpath users say they spotted the bag dumped in the canal
near London Zoo at least a day earlier. Police divers continued
to search for the rest of Mr Gentles’ body in the canal this
week.
Also known by the street name Face, he was identified by DNA from
his torso on Tuesday. Last year he was stopped by police who took
DNA samples from him after he was involved in a minor road accident.
A post mortem showed he died of at least a dozen stab wounds. His
head and arms had been severed and his lower body cut off at the
navel.
His family, who he lived with in Northolt, Middlesex, have declined
to comment but have told police Mr Gentle was involved in the “lower
end of the crack market”, operating in Marylebone and Dalston.
He was last seen alive last Tuesday.
Detective Chief Inspector Chris Watts, from the Specialist Crime
Directorate who is leading the enquiry, said: “Marvin has obviously
been murdered in the most violent circumstances and in my view by
more than one person.
“The people who we are looking for are extremely violent and
at large within the community. We need to find them as quickly as
possible – someone must know what happened and if anyone is
worried about coming forward I assure them we will protect their
anonymity.
“We are appealing to the public to help trace Marvin’s
movements after he was last seen last Tuesday.” Police say
that because the canal flows downhill towards the east, it is likely
the body was dumped slightly west of where it was recovered; their
search stretches as far west as Lisson Grove. |
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