A convicted murderer has confessed to killing a woman whose dismembered remains were discovered in south London earlier this year.
The body parts of 38-year-old Sarah Mayhew were found at Rowdown Fields, New Addington, on 2nd April.
She was last seen alive on the evening of 8th March in Sutton, south-west London.
On Thursday, at the Old Bailey, 45-year-old Steven Sansom admitted to murdering Ms Mayhew and obstructing justice by dismembering her body, disposing of it across various locations, and cleaning the crime scene between 7th March and 3rd April this year.
Sansom, from Burnell Road in Sutton, appeared via video link from HMP Belmarsh, dressed in a grey tracksuit and T-shirt, and wearing glasses. He loudly confirmed his guilty pleas.
He denied three charges of possessing indecent images of children, which Judge Mark Lucraft KC stated would remain on file.
Sansom had previously been convicted of murdering a cab driver in 1999.
Gemma Watts, 49, from Featherbed Lane, New Addington, also faces charges of murdering Ms Mayhew and obstructing justice. She did not enter pleas during the same hearing, appearing via video link from HMP Bronzefield.
The Metropolitan Police were alerted to the scene after a dog walker reported their pet had uncovered a human bone. Further remains, including arms, legs, and a head, were subsequently discovered nearby and identified through DNA.
