Court Finds Man Guilty After Killing His Childhood Friend During Sex

A UK man who was accused of molesting and murdering his friend, after he was told to walk her home for safety has been found guilty of the crime.

Wesley Streete, 20, also confessed to have put the body of Keeley Bunker in a stream and covered it with branches in the early hours of September 19 last year, after the night out.

It was learnt that Ms. Bunker had been to a concert in Birmingham to see rapper Aitch with a friend and had arranged to go clubbing afterward with Mr. Streete.

Her body was later discovered with the help of her Uncle, who was part of a search party looking for the missing 20-year-old, in Wigginton Park in Tamworth, Staffordshire, around 23km northeast of Birmingham.

During his trial, Mr. Streete denied deliberately killing Ms. Bunker.

He claimed that he lied to the victim’s family, friends, and the police because he was “scared” and “embarrassed”.

The 20-year-old gave his account of what happened as he was taken through the allegations by his barrister, Rachel Brand QC, at Stafford Crown Court on Tuesday.

After he was asked how she died, Mr. Streete was seen to take a deep breath, replying: “I put my arms around her neck and accidentally killed her.”

“We were having  s.e.x,” he added.

“I didn’t know how to act and explain to other people how she died because I felt embarrassed in myself and very scared to explain to police – everyone.

“My mum and dad – everyone.”

Though the use of GPS data recorded by Streete’s own phone, detectives were able to expose the truth.

According to Prosecutor Jacob Hallam QC, Keeley’s clothing was “in disarray” when she was found and “it was obvious from the state of her body and the way it had been hidden that she had been unlawfully killed”.

Research carried out on her body by forensic pathologist said there were 100 marks on the young woman’s body, including bruises to her face and scratches to her forehead.

They noted that there was also deep bruising beneath the skin of her face, her lower lip had been lacerated and there were haemorrhages to the lining of the mouth.

Streete will be sentenced on Friday, August 7.