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A man has been jailed for life for murder after battering his victim to death and leaving the body in a bath for 10 days.

The body of Marvin Dickson, 40, was found at the home of Dante Forrest, 37, in Wood Green after a neighbour reported a “dreadful smell” coming from his property to the police .

When officers arrived at the property on Moselle Avenue on September 20 last year, they found it boarded up, padlocked, and in complete darkness before the grim discovery was made.

Dante Forrest was told he would be passed a life sentence for murdering Marvin Dickson Met

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