Murder trial for fugitive who said he ate girlfriend

A British fugitive who claimed to have killed and eaten his former girlfriend is to stand trial for murder, Spanish authorities said yesterday.

Paul Durant, 47, a convicted armed robber from East London, will be tried in November for the killing of Karen Durrell, from Ilford.

Durant, a heroin addict, confessed to killing Durrell, a divorced mother of two, and then eating some of her remains, soon after his arrest three years ago.

In letters sent to a British newspaper, Durant said that he was driven to killing and eating Ms Durrell by voices emanating from his television.

"After I killed her, I cut her body into small parts, eating what parts of her I found eatable. I finally disposed of what was left in small rubbish bags.

"Before I killed Karen, I told her I had come to Spain where I was going to kill and eat paedophiles."