Serial killer given whole life orders for murders of two men as police investigate four more deaths

James Desborough was on Tuesday found guilty of murdering two men he met at a homeless shelter

Serial killer James Desborough has been given two whole life prison sentences with no chance of parole - as police revealed they are looking into four unexplained deaths at the homeless shelter that housed him.

Desborough, already serving a minimum of 19 years for the murder of his prison cellmate, was given the whole life tariffs for killing 57-year-old Claudio Aquilino and Daniel Coleman, 43, in Cornwall.

Aquilino and Coleman met Desborough at Newquay's Sandy Lodge homeless shelter, where police are now reviewing the unexplained deaths of two other men and two women.

Sentencing, Mr Justice Pushpinder Saini described Desborough, 40, as "a highly dangerous individual who had no regard for the life of those you think are worthless".

Desborough befriended the two vulnerable men and used "extreme violence" on both of them, before dismembering and concealing their bodies, the judge said.

He said the former builder used their bank cards and made journeys to give the impression they were still alive.

The remains of Daniel Coleman and Claudio Aquilino were found in Cornish woodland

Their remains were discovered close to Desborough's woodland cabin near Sticker in Cornwall.

It was while he was on remand charged with their murders that he strangled his cellmate, Steven Kempster, at HMP Exeter.

The judge at Winchester Crown Court said the offences had an exceptionally high level of seriousness and it was rare to impose such a sentence with no chance of parole.

Desborough was also sentenced to five years on each count of preventing the lawful burial of Aquilino and Coleman, who were last seen alive on 18 April 2025 and on 3 June 2025 respectively.

Police arrest triple murderer James Desborough in his woodland cabin

In victim impact statements read out in court, Coleman and Aquilino's families spoke of their anguish imagining the pain and fear the men suffered.

Coleman's brother, Tony Nye, said there "weren't enough words in the English language" to describe the suffering Desborough had caused his family.

"You have taken from this world my big brother in the most disgusting and horrific way," he said.

"The world will see you for the vile degenerate coward you are. There will be no forgiveness for you in this world or the next."

His mother, Sandra Coleman, said: "You took my firstborn son. You destroyed any hope of us coming together as a family.

"You have given me a life sentence of pain, despair, anxiety and hopelessness."

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