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Marc Riley at the Asda cashpoint on January 26, 2009

Marc Riley at the Asda cashpoint on January 26, 2009


Marc Riley at the Asda cashpoint on January 26, 2009

Marc Riley and David Carr-Burstow in Fore Street


Marc Riley and David Carr-Burstow in Silver Street

Marc Riley and David Carr-Burstow chatting to a friend in Fore Street


Marc Riley and David Carr-Burstow in Fore Street

Marc Riley and David Carr-Burstow (white trousers) outside Boots in Fore Street
Marc Riley taking out cash at the Natwest cashpoint on January 20, 2009

Marc Riley and David Carr-Burstow (left) in The Shires shopping centre
Marc Riley and David Carr-Burstow in The Shires shopping centre

Marc Riley and David Carr-Burstow outside Tesco Extra in County Way on January 17, 2009
Marc Riley and David Carr-Burstow withdrawing cash from Antonietta Guarino's bank account,

outside Tesco Extra in County Way on January 17, 2009

Marc Riley and David Carr-Burstow shopping inside Tesco Extra in County Way on January 17,

2009
Marc Riley and David Carr-Burstow inside Tesco Extra in County Way on January 17, 2009

Marc Riley after having bought shopping with Mrs Guarino's money. He had already murdered her

at this point.

Accused's brother tells of phone confession in Trowbridge murder trial


By Charley Morgan

The brother of the man accused of murdering Antonietta Guarino told a court today that David

Carr-Burstow phoned him the day after the attack was meant to have taken place and confessed

that he had hit a 'man' over the head with a hammer and dumped his body in the river.
Accused: David Carr-Burstow

Reginald Potter, 34, said his half brother Carr-Burstow called him on his mobile on the morning of

January 9 and told him what had happened the night before.

"He said he had got into a fight last night with a bloke," he told Bristol Crown Court.

"He said he hit him on the head with a hammer and threw his body into the river."

Asked whether he believed him, Potter said he thought he had been pulling his leg at the time.
Victim: Anonietta Guarino

Carr-Burstow went on to ask his brother whether he wanted to buy a Toyota Yaris from him and

then put Marc Riley on the line to confirm what registration the car was.

Potter, a banger racing enthusiast, told him he would not be able to take the car if there was no

MOT certificate and logbook.

A few days later Carr-Burstow called again saying he could not find the logbook and MOT

certificate and asked his brother how to get the car scrapped.

Potter told him he would not be able to unless he had the documents for the car.

He explained to the court that Carr-Burstow was born in Norfolk, one of seven children, but his
father had died when he was six-month-old.

He agreed with defence barrister Jane Miller when she described him as 'easily led' and said he

had been diagnosed with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder or ADHD.

The trial continues.

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Antonietta's murder was 'to prove love', court hears

7:10pm Wednesday 23rd September 2009

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By Charley Morgan

A close friend of the gay couple accused of murdering Antonietta Guarino told a jury today how

one of them, David Carr-Burstow, said his partner had killed his landlady to prove his love.

Stephen Gurner, who lived in a flat in Orchard Court in Trowbridge at the time of Mrs Guarino's

murder in January, said Carr-Burstow, 20, who denies murder and is on trial at Bristol Crown

Court, took him out for a drive in Mrs Guarino's silver Toyota Yaris on the evening of January 8, the

day police believe she died.

He told the court Carr-Burstow pulled into a pub car park and said he needed to get something off

his chest.

"He told me he wanted to tell me something and basically blurted out that him and Marc had killed

their landlady," Mr Gurner said.

"I remember him saying that him and Marc had had an argument and he was joking around and

said to Marc 'go downstairs and hit the landlady over the head with a hammer' and Marc did it."

Prosecutor Martin Meeke asked him if he knew why he had asked Riley to do that.

Mr Gurner said: "He said to do it if he loved him, if Marc loved Dave.

"I can remember he said that Marc had shouted up stairs and told Dave to come and have a look

at what he had done and Dave said there was blood on the floor and he helped Marc put the body

in the Yaris and took it to the canal."


ury hears of blood traces found in Antonietta's home
2:39pm Wednesday 23rd September 2009

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By Charley Morgan

The jury in the Antonietta Guarino murder trial today heard how blood spatters found in the

kitchen of her home were consistent with someone being struck more than once.

Rebecca Mayfield, a forensic scientist who examined items from Mrs Guarino's home in Osborne

Road, Trowbridge, said the blood found in the kitchen matched Mrs Guarino's DNA.

She also said that drops of blood matching the DNA of David Carr-Burstow, 20, who is on trial after

denying murdering the 61-year-old Italian-born grandmother, were found in the hallway and below

a light switch in the lounge.

Two blood-stained pillow cases, partly burned, found underneath a bird bath in the garden

matched Mrs Guarino's DNA.


Mrs Guarino's DNA was also found on the rear of side door sill of her silver Toyota Yaris, found at

Shanley's scrapyard in Trowbridge and on a duvet cover and pillowcase found dumped in a pond in

front of the Virgin Mobile building on the White Horse Industrial Estate.

Miss Mayfield explained that blood spatter occurred if force is applied through punching or kicking,

which causes the blood to break up into small pieces, travelling through the air and landing in

spots.

She said: "In my opinion, the overall distribution of blood spatter in the kitchen indicates that

Antonietta Guarino...had been bleeding in this area, or an item heavily stained with her blood from

her had been moved around in this area."

Miss Mayfield also concluded Mrs Guarino was bleeding while in the Toyota Yaris.

Clare Stangoe, who carried out chemical testing at Mrs Guarino's home, found blood traces in

multiple locations including the kitchen, dining room and a downstairs shower room.

She said: "In my opinion the reactions indicate that blood has been wiped or cleaned from the

front of the dishwasher, the draining board and worktop."

She also found diluted blood on a worktop by the patio doors, as well as carpet, skirting board and

wall in the dining room, and concluded that blood traces in the downstairs shower room were

caused by blood stained hands or items being washed there.

DNA belonging to Marc Riley, who admits murdering his landlady, were found on pillowcases from

his first floor bedroom.

The jury also heard this morning from financial investigator Andrew Stonall, of Wiltshire Police,

who examined the use of Mrs Guarino's bank cards.

He discovered that cash had not been withdrawn from the account before January 15, but regular

withdrawals were made after this date. The card allowed for a maximum of 250 cash to be

withdrawn per day.

Among the transactions made on Mrs Guarino's card after her death was 123.95 on a range of

sex toys for a website called forafters,co.uk, including amyl nitrate liquid, commonly called

Poppers, and handcuffs.

By Charley Morgan
Injuries inflicted on Trowbridge grandmother Antonietta Guarino were so severe they were of the

type normally only found on victims of serious road traffic collisions, a court heard yesterday.

Prosecutor Martin Meeke QC said Mrs Guarino, 61, was bludgeoned to death with a hammer at her

home in Osborne Road on January 8.

Her lodger Marc Riley, 24, admits murder while his boyfriend David Carr-Burstow, 20, denies the

offence. Both admit a charge of obstructing a coroner.

The jury at Carr-Burstow's trial heard yesterday afternoon how after killing Mrs Guarino, the two

then wrapped her body in a shower curtain, tied it up with electrical cable and bundled it into her

own car before driving to the River Avon near Bradford on Avon and dumping it.

It was found almost seven weeks later by Bradford on Avon resident Ron Lutman, whose house

overlooks the river.

As Home Office forensic pathologist Dr Huw White, who examined Mrs Guarino's body, took the

stand at Bristol Crown Court yesterday afternoon, Mrs Guarino's family were ushered out of the

court to be spared certain details.

He told the court room that he found 12 separate lacerations on her head, some of which were

complex and branching, meaning she had been hit more than once in the same spot.

"There were several fractures of the skull," he said.

"There were at least 12 blows but probably significantly more.

"One was a circular area of fracturing - that circular shape is consistent with the use of an object

such as a hammer.

"Another was a hinged fracture going from one side of the skull to the other.

"A hinge fracture requires a lot of force, it's the sort of thing you usually find in a road traffic

collision.

"It's likely that Mrs Guarino was disabled pretty quickly."

He said he found no signs of defensive wounds on her body.

The trial continues.


Antonietta Guarino suffered severe injuries with
a hammer

By Charley Morgan

The lodger of Antonietta Guarino moved his boyfriend into her house without her permission and

had not been paying his rent, a jury heard today.

Marc Riley, 24, who admitted murdering the 61 year old Italian-born Mrs Guarino yesterday, had

asked her if his boyfriend David Carr-Burstow, 20, could move in, but was told no.

Yesterday Bristol Crown Court was told that Carr-Burstow stayed with Riley at Mrs Guarino's home

in Osborne Road over Christmas and after she had returned from visiting family over the festive

period, he would climb into Riley's bedroom through the window so she would not notice.

Carr-Burstow denies murder, but has admitted helping Riley dump her body in the River Avon.

When Mrs Guarino returned after Christmas, she told friends she thought Riley had been having

friends over.

Mrs Guarino's daughter Giulietta Bogacz, 35, took the stand today.
She told the court: "She phoned me up a couple of days after she had been home after Christmas

and told me Marc had taken her to one side and said he wasn't happy with where his boyfriend

was living.

"He wanted his boyfriend to move into her house with them. I said no, she shouldn't do that."

Martin Meeke QC asked her if she seemed inclined to allow Carr-Burstow to move in. Mrs Bogacz

replied: "No, absolutely not."

She said it had nothing to do with Marc's sexuality, she was not old-fashioned, she simply did not

want to share her house with more than one person.

"She told him they couldn't move in there together and suggested he start to look for a place

where they could move in together," she said.

Mrs Guarino also mentioned to her friend David West on January 7 that she thought Riley had been

having friends round over Christmas.

In a statement to police he said: "While we were chatting, she mentioned again that Marc was

having friends round to the house.

"She mentioned this before and after Christmas to me and I could see it was grating on her. She

didn't like it, it wasn't part of the arrangement. She was very serious about it.

"I got the feeling that something with the lodger Marc Riley had gone wrong. She also believed her

bed had been touched or disturbed."

Another friend, Pamela Wescott, from Calne, told the court that Mrs Guarino had confided in her

that Riley, who worked for Virgin Mobile in Trowbridge, had not been paying his rent.

"She did say that she was having problems," she said. "He was making excuses and not paying his

full rent."

The trial continues.


Antonietta Guarino confided in friends of her concerns over her lodger Marc Riley

Carr-Burstow tells court that landlady remark was a "joke"


By Charley Morgan

A smirking David Carr-Burstow was asked in court today what he meant when he told his boyfriend

Marc Riley to go and give his landlady a slap.

David Carr-Burstow was smirking in the dock


Prosecutor Martin Meeke QC questioned what he had meant by that comment during cross-

examination at Bristol Crown Court. Carr-Burstow, who is on trial after denying murdering 61-

year-old Antonietta Guarino, said: "I only meant it as a joke. It probably meant go and do it."

As he stood smirking in the dock, Mr Meeke asked him what was funny.

He said: "What had Mrs Guarino done to deserve a slap?"

Mr Meeke also questioned whether Carr-Burstow really was scared of Riley, as he told the court

when questioned by his defence team.

He asked why, when on two occasions previously Riley had assaulted Carr-Burstow, he had made a

statement to the police.

Mr Meeke said: "You weren't too scared to grass him up to the police then, were you?"

Mr Meeke asked Carr-Burstow why, when he had been sick upon first seeing Mrs Guarino's body as

he said in evidence, he then managed to carry the body across fields and dump it in the river.

He said: "You weren't so upset that you didn't feel like a pint at 11pm? How about by the time you

got to MacDonald's? Had you recovered by then?"

Carr-Burstow just replied "No."

Jane Miller, QC, defence, asked Carr-Burstow why he had helped Riley clean up the blood from the

house.

Carr-Burstow said: "I didn't want to help but he told me to ****ing help him."

Miss Miller asked who signed Mrs Guarino's bank cards and whose idea it was to use them.

Carr-Burstow replied: "Marc found them, it was Marc's idea to look for the pin numbers, I helped

him look

Carr-Burstow tells Trowbridge murder trial he was "scared" of boyfriend


By Charley Morgan

Defendant David Carr-Burstow took the stand at Bristol Crown Court today to tell the jury how he

only helped his boyfriend dispose of Antonietta Guarino's body because he was scared of him.
David Carr-Burstow said he was "scared" of his boyfriend

Carr-Burstow, 20, who denies murder, said on the day of 61-year-old Mrs Guarino's murder, he and

Riley had had an argument about whether to go out or not.

Carr-Burstow told the court: "I was upstairs with Marc.

"I said, joking around, go and give the landlady a slap."

When asked why he had said that Carr-Burstow said that a couple of nights before they had been

at Riley's brother's house and Riley had said, 'I'm going to hit my landlady.'

Marc Riley has admitted murder

Carr-Burstow denied ever having told Riley to hit Mrs Guarino over the head with a hammer to

prove his love.


He said when he told Mark Riley to slap Mrs Guarino, Riley smirked and smiled and then went

downstairs a few minutes later.

Carr-Burstow became confused when describing the scene that met him when he first came

downstairs. Initially, he said he saw Mrs Guarino wrapped in a shower curtain lying on the kitchen

floor, but later admitted that he himself wrapped her in the shower curtain.

He denied telling Stephen Gurner that he and Riley had killed Mrs Guarino and he denied telling his

brother that he had got into a fight with a man and hit him over the head with a hammer.

Riley has admitted murder and both defendants have admitted a charge of obstructing a coroner.

Carr-Burstow's riverside confession to Trowbridge murder case detective


By Charley Morgan

The detective in charge of investigating the murder of Trowbridge grandmother Antonietta Guarino

has told a jury how one of the accused made a confession to him as they stood at the spot where

they dumped her body.

David Carr-Burstow

Detective Superintendent Steve Fulcher told the jury at Bristol Crown Court this morning, how

David Carr-Burstow, 20, who denies murder, revealed to him that Mrs Guarino's body was still

'twitching' when he came downstairs, after she was attacked with a hammer by his boyfriend Marc

Riley at her home in Osborne Road, Trowbridge.

Riley, 24, who was Mrs Guarino's lodger, has admitted her murder.
Carr-Burstow made the unsolicited comment to Det Supt Fulcher while on the banks of the River

Avon.

Det Supt Fulcher had taken him there so he could show them where he and Riley had dumped Mrs

Guarino's body.

Det Supt Steve Fulcher

Prosecutor Martin Meeke asked Det Supt Fulcher to give his account of event when he took the
stand this morning.

Det Supt Fulcher said: "He (Carr-Burstow) said to me that when he first saw Antonietta having

come downstairs, she was twitching and he said: 'I grabbed the shower curtain and wrapped her in

it'."

Carr-Burstow also confirmed to Det Supt Fulcher that the body hadn't been weighed down, but had

been wrapped in a shower curtain and bound at both ends with electrical wire.

The jury was also shown CCTV footage from Trowbridge town centre on six occasions in January,

showing Riley withdrawing money from cashpoints using Mrs Guarino's bank card accompanied by

Carr-Burstow.

Accused described by mother as 'childlike'


By Charley Morgan
The mother of the man accused of murdering Antonietta Guarino broke down in tears today as she

described her son to the jury as a 'child in a man's body'.

Accused described by mother as 'childlike'

Dawn Burstow, who lives in Harleston in Norfolk, told the court her son, David Carr-Burstow, 20,

had the intelligence of a 12 or 13-year-old.

Carr-Burstow denies murdering Mrs Guarino. His boyfriend Marc Riley, 24, admitted the charge at

the start of the trial.

Mrs Burstow told Marcus Tregilgas-Davey, defending, that her 'Little David' was the sixth of her

seven children and his father had died when he was just six-months-old.

Asked what he was like at school she said: "His development was very, very slow. He couldn't hold

a pencil or pen to write with properly until he was about 12. He couldn't cut his food up himself."

She said he had been diagnosed with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), Asperger's

Syndrome and Tourette's Syndrome, meaning he was very hyperactive, did not show a lot of

emotions or feelings and swore a lot.

As a result of his ADHD he was prescribed the drug Ritalin and was taught in a special needs

section within a mainstream school.

Mrs Burstow added: "David was always bullied and picked on and used to do things the other

children told him to; they picked up on his vulnerability."


She described how he was excluded from school for climbing up and fetching a shoe that had been

thrown on to the roof of a classroom.

He also made things up, she said, and once told police he had carried out an arson near his home

in Norfolk when he had in fact been on a family holiday in Spain.

She said he came back from a school trip and told her he had flown a helicopter after taking it to

the garage to fill it up with petrol.

She sad: "He exaggerates things to try and be like other people. He makes up stories."

However, she said he also had the ability to remember certain things, such as sequences on fruit

machines.

Mrs Burstow broke down in tears as she described a visit she had from her son and Marc Riley in

Spring of last year and said Riley was possessive of her son, following him around wherever he

went.

After Carr-Burstow and Riley had got back together, she said her son called her to say he was

spending Christmas with Riley as he had asked his landlady if he could stay there while she was

away.

Later he called to say Marc had asked his landlady if he could move in and she had sad yes.

Mr Tregilgas-Davey asked her to sum up her son in a nutshell and she replied: "David is a child in

a man's body. He's very easily influenced."

Antonietta's killer gets 20 years as lovers are sentenced


By Charley Morgan

A lodger who beat his landlady to death with a hammer at her home in Trowbridge, then along

with his boyfriend dumped her body in the River Avon, has been jailed for a minimum of 20 years.

Lovers Marc Riley and David Carr-Burstow are jailed

Marc Riley, who admitted murder, refused to leave his cell to attend the sentencing hearing at

Bristol Crown Court earlier this afternoon.


Riley, photographed in the prison van leading him away from court to start his life sentence,

savagely attacked Mrs Guarino, 61, in the kitchen of her home in Osborne Road, on January 8.

Then along with his boyfriend, David Carr-Burstow, 20, who was cleared by a jury of murder but

sentenced to four years in jail after admitting obstructing a coroner, they wrapped her body up in a

shower curtain, secured it with electrical cables, and dumped it in the River Avon. It wasn't found

until a month later, downstream of the weir at Greenland Mills in Bradford on Avon.

Carr-Burstow could be freed from prison in less than a year. He will serve half of his four year

sentence in a Young Offenders' Institution, before being released on licence, but he has already

served 241 days since being arrested on suspicion of murder in January.

Marc Riley has been jailed for 20 years

Before sentencing, the court was told how both defendants had previous convictions.

Riley was given a police caution in April 2008 for hitting Carr-Burstow at a fair in Wiltshire. The

pair had struck up a relationship the same year after meeting at the Amber Foundation in

Bythesea Road, Trowbridge, where they both were living.

Carr-Burstow has a string of previous offences, including three counts of attempted theft, burglary,

criminal damage, battery and possessing a bayonet in a public place.

Ignatius Hughes, defending Riley, said: "He still finds it difficult to face the enormity of what he

did."

Jane Miller, defending Carr-Burstow, said he accepted his behaviour was nothing short of wicked.
David Carr-Burstow was sentenced to four years

Judge Crowther, before sentencing Carr-Burstow, said: "What you did was to give direct help to

Marc Riley, in a way your own counsel has accepted was wicked in itself and callous and cruel on

its impact on the family.

"And that has been made particularly apparent to me in the impact statements that I have read."

On hearing the sentencing, Mrs Guarino's daughter Giulietta, 35, burst into tears, and at least one

jury member was sobbing.

Judge Crowther said Riley would be sentenced for murder, as the charge of obstructing a coroner,

which he had also admitted, was an aggravating feature.

He said other aggravating features of the murder included the fact Mrs Guarino was in poor health,

the fact she was subjected to a 'sudden, violent and overwhelming attack' and that Riley was in a

position of trust, as her lodger.


Antonietta Guarino was killed in her home

After sentencing, Detective Superintendent Steve Fulcher, who was leading the case for Wiltshire

Police, said: "We're very disappointed.

"I feel for Antonietta Guarino's family who have gone through a very stressful time. We thought we

had a compelling case and there's no question that the activity of Riley and Carr-Burstow was

callous in the extreme.

"After Antonietta was murdered, they systematically stole her property, continued to steal her

money and then disposed of her body in the most undignified fashion.

"I am pleased, at least, that we were able to find Antonietta's body and give her some dignity in
death and bring these defendants to trial.

"Clearly Riley has admitted his part in the offence and both defendants acknowledge their part in

the disposal of Antonietta's body."

District Crown Prosecutor for the Crown Prosecution Service in Wiltshire, Nicola Haywood, said the

case was particularly complicated.

This was a difficult case as the evidence surrounding David Carr-Burstow was extremely

complex," she said.

The investigation by Wiltshire Police was very thorough and we are pleased that the weight of

evidence against Marc Riley resulted in him pleading guilty to murder and obstructing a coroner.

Our thoughts remain with the family of Antonietta Guarino.

Antonietta murder accused questioned on 'inconsistencies'


By Charley Morgan
David Carr-Burstow was accused of lying to the court by the prosecutor on Monday who

questioned him on his different accounts to police.

David Carr-Burstow

Cross examining Carr-Burstow, Martin Meeke QC questioned inconsistencies in Carr-Burstow's

accounts of the evening Mrs Guarino died.

He said Carr-Burstow, who denies murdering the 61-year-old Trowbridge grandmother, must have

known that Mrs Guarino would not allow him to live in her house with his boyfriend Marc Riley,

otherwise he would not have climbed in through the window, as he told police he did.

He suggested that Mrs Guarino had overheard he and Riley's argument and she had told Carr-

Burstow to leave, so they had killed her in order to carry on living in her house together.

"As soon as Mrs Guarino went to her family for Christmas you moved in, didn't you?" he said.

Carr-Burstow said: "Marc said it was OK."

"Then why didn't you move in before she left?" Mr Meeke replied.

"I don't know," said Carr-Burstow.

Mr Meeke asked why then, when Mrs Guarino returned on January 3, had she not bumped into

Carr-Burstow at the house and why had he continued to enter through the window.

Carr-Burstow replied that he could not remember.


Mr Meeke accused Mr Carr-Burstow of persistently lying to the police and in court and reminded

him that he was on oath.

"I suggest there's nothing very much wrong with your memory Mr Carr-Burstow except when it

suits you and that you pretend you can't remember," Mr Meeke said.

He asked Carr-Burstow why he did not ask Riley what had happened when he first saw Mrs

Guarino lying in the kitchen in a pool of blood, and suggested it was because he either already

knew because he had asked him to kill her, or he had helped him to do it.

"I was shocked. I didn't know what had happened," Carr-Burstow said.

"I never asked him that at all."

The trial continues.

Landlady's body dumped by gay lovers, court told

Two gay lovers from Wiltshire murdered a frail Italian landlady and threw her body in a river before

using her money to buy groceries, CDs and sex toys, a Court has heard.

David Carr-Burstow and, right, Mark Riley

David Carr-Burstow, 19, and Mark Riley, 24, were charged with murdering Antonietta Guarino, 61,

after her body was found in the River Avon on February 23, Bristol Crown Court was told.

Prosecutor Martin Meeke told a jury that Mrs Guarinos lodger Riley had pleaded guilty to murder.

The jury was told both Riley and his boyfriend Carr-Burstow admitted a charge of obstructing a

coroner by disposing of Mrs Guarinos body in a river.

But Carr-Burstow, who was living with Riley in Mrs Guarinos home in Osborne Road, Trowbridge,

at the time of the alleged attack, denies murder and his trial was opened yesterday.
Antonietta Guarino

In his opening statement, Mr Meeke said: On January 8, Antonietta Guarino was beaten to death

with a hammer in her own home in Trowbridge.

When she was dead or dying, her body was wrapped in a shower curtain, it was tied with

electrical cable. The body was then put in her own car, driven to the River Avon and then put in the

river.

This defendant (Carr-Burstow) is charged with her murder.

The jury heard that Mrs Guarino took Riley in as a lodger in October 2008. Mr Meeke said when

Mrs Guarino was asked by Riley if Carr-Burstow could move in, she refused.

Despite this, Mr Meeke said, Carr-Burstow moved in while Mrs Guarino was visiting her family in

Surrey at Christmas.

When she returned on January 3, Carr-Burstow would enter the house through Rileys bedroom

window.

Mrs Guarino was last seen shortly after midnight, in the early hours of January 8, by a friend who

brought her some fruit as she was unwell and was recovering in bed.

Family and friends were then unable to get in touch with her and started to worry for her safety,

Mr Meeke said.

A number of times Riley answered the phone and said Mrs Guarino had gone away to visit friends.

After worried family contacted the police, and visits were made to her property, officers became

concerned.
Mr Meeke went on: Calls were made to her bank which revealed extensive use of her debit and

credit cards. The pattern of usage was uncharacteristic.

Security camera footage revealed Riley and Carr-Burstow had made transactions and the two were

both arrested on January 27.

When interviewed, Carr-Burstow initially told police he did not know what had happened to Mrs

Guarino. He later told police Riley hit her with the hammer and killed her, but he didn't know

why.

Mr Meeke said Carr-Burstow went on to tell two friends two different accounts of what happened.

He told one friend he had told Riley to kill Mrs Guarino to prove his love, but told the other he

killed a man with a hammer.

But Mr Meeke said if either account was true, Carr-Burstow would still be guilty of murder.

He said: What sort of an individual can see a woman bludgeoned to death and assist however

much you love the person involved by wrapping her in a shower curtain, putting her in her own

car and dumping the body in a river?

Mr Meeke said one of the first things Carr-Burstow and Riley did after dumping Mrs Guarinos body

was to order pizza from Dominos.

Mr Meeke said the defendant and his co-accused then went on a spending spree with Mrs

Guarinos cash.

As well as withdrawing 3,000 in cash, they bought groceries, CDs by rappers Eminem and Dr Dre,

and 124-worth of sex toys in Mrs Guarino's name.

They also bought an Xbox and Ford Fiesta, and sold the dead womans Toyota Yaris and jewellery.

The jury heard that Mrs Guarino was born in Italy but moved to Surrey with her husband, Luigi

Sebastiano, in the 1960s.

She had two children in the 1970s, Julietta and Tom, and divorced from her husband in 1992 and

moved to Trowbridge.

Mrs Guarino suffered from rheumatoid arthritis and depression, and needed a stick to assist her

while walking.
She worked into her fifties as a carer, but retired due to her ill health. As a consequence of her low

income, she occasionally took in a lodger, the jury heard.

The trial continues.

Lover's tiff could have led to murder', says friend


Exclusive By Craig Evry

A lovers tiff could have been the catalyst which led a lodger to commit the brutal murder of a frail

grandmother, according to one of their closest friends.

Steohen Gurner

Stephen Gurner, 21, who gave evidence for the prosecution during the trial, has spoken about

Marc Riley and David Carr-Burstows volatile relationship and drug addictions, following their

convictions in connection with the murder of Antonietta Guarino.

Mr Gurner, who still lives in west Wiltshire, said Carr-Burstow was heavily into drugs, including

cannabis and cocaine, culminating in an addition to smoking heroin.

He described how Riley and Carr-Burstow got together, saying: Marc and David were friends for a

time, then they got together. Everybody knew Marc was gay. I knew Dave was bisexual.
It was a normal relationship. Marc was very much in control. Marc had all the money. He was

working, so he used to give Dave money.

Marc used to get a bit moody, but not anything violent. Marc was like a woman and used to bitch

and moan. I think Dave has problems. Hes just very hyperactive. Some of his ideas were a bit far

out.

Carr-Burstows stay at charity hostel Amber Foundation came to a sudden end a few months later

when he got thrown out after Riley planted drugs in his room following a heated row.

Talking about his relationship with the couple, Mr Gurner said: We used to mainly do drugs

together. I have been clean for over a year now.

Dave used to do mainly weed and a few chemies here and there, like pills, and coke (cocaine).

David was smoking about half an ounce of weed a day. He would get up and have a spliff and

smoke all the way through the day.

Mr Gurner moved into a flat in Orchard Court with former girlfriend Laura Elvin in December 2008.

He remembers the night of January 8, when the pair arrived at his flat just hours after Riley had

killed Mrs Guarino and the pair had dumped her body in the River Avon.

He said: That night, Marc came into my flat with muddy clothes.

Dave was up in the air and they only stayed 20 minutes and Dave said lets go out.

During a car journey, Carr-Burstow then told Mr Gurner how Riley had killed Mrs Guarino and they

had dumped her body in the river.

I thought he was joking, he said. I said yeah, alright.

After that night, Dave used to take me aside when he visited our flat.

He thought the house was being watched. He would say Im cracking up, I dont know what to

do.

I think it was a lovers argument. Thats all I think it was that led to it.

Mr Gurner became embroiled in the police operation when they raided his flat in late January, and

he was later arrested on suspicion of handling stolen goods Mrs Guarinos jewellery and

assisting an offender. Mr Gurner said he is now looking to the future as his girlfriend Charmine

Scurlock, 18, is due to give birth to a son in two weeks time.

Not guilty verdict in Trowbridge murder trial

By Charley Morgan
David Carr-Burstow has been found not guilty of murdering Trowbridge
grandmother Antonietta Guarino at Bristol Crown Court this afternoon.

David Carr-Burstow has been cleared of

murder

After five hours of deliberation, three this morning and two last night, the jury of
five women and seven men cleared 20-year-old Burstow of the murder charge.

Marc Riley, 24, had already admitted murdering Mrs Guarino, of Osborne Road,
Trowbridge, and obstructing the coroner at the start of the nine-day trial.

Carr-Burstow also admitted obstructing the coroner.

As the verdict on Carr-Burtsow's murder charge was read out, Mrs Guarino's
daughter Giulietta Bogacz burst into tears.

Carr-Burstow showed no emotion as he was cleared, neither did his mother


Dawn Burstow as she watched from the gallery.

Carr-Burstow and Riley will be back in court this afternoon for sentencing.

More details and reaction later


YOUR SAY YourTimes

Not Kate Price, Warminster says...


01/10/09

Please appeal against the 4 year sentence Mr Meeke - while i appreciate you may not want
to ruffle some feathers i feel an extra couple of years for obstructing a coroner is not
unreasonable - put the social events on hold - the guarino family deserve it - dont you
think? While you're at it 27 years for the murderer -thanks

bekkiboo, trowbridge says...


01/10/09

at the end of the day they have been sentenced and they have both been punished what they
did sickens me but the judge knows what he is doing and obviously feels that this a a
appropriate punishment i feel for the ladys family and i cant imagine what she is going
threw what those lads did is unexcusable but they have been sentenced and both are going
to prison so i dont see the point in appealing for longer sentences what is an extra 7 years
on a 20 year sentence !!unless you were in the court yourself you will never know the ins
and outs of what actually happened!

Not Kate Price, Warminster says...


01/10/09

bekkiboo wrote:
at the end of the day they have been sentenced and they have both been punished what they
did sickens me but the judge knows what he is doing and obviously feels that this a a
appropriate punishment i feel for the ladys family and i cant imagine what she is going
threw what those lads did is unexcusable but they have been sentenced and both are going
to prison so i dont see the point in appealing for longer sentences what is an extra 7 years
on a 20 year sentence !!unless you were in the court yourself you will never know the ins
and outs of what actually happened!

1.The Crown have a right to appeal if they feel a sentence is unduly light.
2.Mrs Guarino was bludgeoned to death with a hammer
3.Unless you have evidence that Mrs Guarino was a homophobic, mentally disordered
schizoid bully WE ARE A WEE BIT SHORT OF MITIGATING CIRCUMSTANCES or maybe
YOU feel that Mrs Guarino was being unreasonable when she expressed a wish that Mr
Riley adhere to his tenacy agreement.
4. Do not insult the family of Mrs Guarino by refering to the 'ins and outs ' of her murder as
if we are talking about a couple of guys having a 'pub fight'.
5. Do you believe that murderers should never serve more than 20 years?

cght36, westbury says...


01/10/09

Not Kate Price wrote:

bekkiboo wrote: at the end of the day they have been sentenced and they have both been
punished what they did sickens me but the judge knows what he is doing and obviously
feels that this a a appropriate punishment i feel for the ladys family and i cant imagine
what she is going threw what those lads did is unexcusable but they have been sentenced
and both are going to prison so i dont see the point in appealing for longer sentences what
is an extra 7 years on a 20 year sentence !!unless you were in the court yourself you will
never know the ins and outs of what actually happened!

1.The Crown have a right to appeal if they feel a sentence is unduly light. 2.Mrs Guarino
was bludgeoned to death with a hammer 3.Unless you have evidence that Mrs Guarino
was a homophobic, mentally disordered schizoid bully WE ARE A WEE BIT SHORT OF
MITIGATING CIRCUMSTANCES or maybe YOU feel that Mrs Guarino was being
unreasonable when she expressed a wish that Mr Riley adhere to his tenacy agreement. 4.
Do not insult the family of Mrs Guarino by refering to the 'ins and outs ' of her murder as if
we are talking about a couple of guys having a 'pub fight'. 5. Do you believe that murderers
should never serve more than 20 years?

here here! what a load of b*****s!

Triton, Calne/Devizes says...


01/10/09
I'm sure the both of them will enjoy being locked away for many years in the company of
other men.

Joking aside, I don't think your too far wrong in your assessment, Not Kate Price

pompey10, Trowbridge says...


02/10/09

I think there is something seriously wrong with our sentencing here in England. Why does
life never mean life? This poor lady has lost hers? Her family must be very upset at this. It
sends out an increasing message that you can do what you like, however sick and still get
away with it.

Murder accused went on "spending spree" after fatal hammer attack

By Charley Morgan

Two men accused of murdering Trowbridge grandmother Antonietta Guarino bludgeoned her to

death with a hammer, shattering her skull, a court heard today.

David Carr-Burstow denies murder

Marc Riley, 24 and his boyfriend David Carr-Burstow, 20, then went on a spending spree,

spending hundreds of pounds on sex toys, a Ford Fiesta, CDs, DVDs and food, using Mrs Guarinos

bank cards, Bristol Crown Court heard this morning.


They also withdrew about 3,000 in cash from her account at a rate of 250 a day. They were

caught on CCTV withdrawing cash.

Police found that shortly after killing 61-year-old Mrs Guarino, dumping her body in the River Avon

and clearing up the blood at her house in Osborne Road, the pair ordered takeaway pizzas from

Dominos in Castle Street, Trowbridge.

Riley, Mrs Guarinos lodger, has admitted her murder, as well as a second charge of obstructing a

coroner in carrying out an inquest, by dumping her body in the River Avon.

Marc Riley has admitted murdering his landlady Antonietta

Guarino

Carr-Burstow has pleaded guilty to obstructing a coroner by disposing of Mrs Guarinos body, but

has denied murder or procuring murder and is standing trial, which started today.

Martin Meeke QC, prosecuting, told the jury this morning: Antonietta Guarino was beaten to death

with a hammer in her own home in Trowbridge.

When she was either dead, or dying, her body was wrapped in a shower curtain, tied with an

electrical cable, an orange cable of the type we all have for the lawnmower or strimmer.

Her body was then put into her own car (a Toyota Yaris) and driven to the River Avon which was

nearby and then put into the river.

This defendant is charged with her murder.

He went on to tell the jury that Mrs Guarinos body was finally found in the River Avon on February

23 by Bradford on Avon resident, Ron Lutman.

There were sobs from the direction of the public gallery, where Mrs Guarinos children Giulietta and

Tom, were sat.


Mr Meeke said that in a police interview, Carr-Burstow told police that Riley had killed Mrs Guarino,

but told the jury they would hear from various witnesses who say Carr-Burstow either admitted to

them, or insinuated, that he had been responsible for her death.

He said: Stephen Gurner remembers Carr-Burstow turning up at his flat in the silver Toyota Yaris,

and we know where he got that car.

He took Gurner out for a ride in the car. There came a time when Carr-Bustow stopped the car

and having done so, told Gurner that he and Riley had killed their landlord, put her body in the

Yaris and dumped it in the river.

He also said Carr-Bustows step-brother, Reginald Potter, who lives near Trowbridge, said Carr-

Burstow phoned him on January 9 and said, I got into a fight last night with a bloke. I hit him on

a head with a hammer and threw him in the river.

Mr Meeke said: This defendant had made admissions to having killed a male.

Perhaps even he was too embarrassed that he had in fact killed a frail lady of 61.

Murder accused went on "spending spree" after fatal hammer attack


By Charley Morgan

Two men accused of murdering Trowbridge grandmother Antonietta Guarino bludgeoned her to

death with a hammer, shattering her skull, a court heard today.

David Carr-Burstow denies murder

Marc Riley, 24 and his boyfriend David Carr-Burstow, 20, then went on a spending spree,

spending hundreds of pounds on sex toys, a Ford Fiesta, CDs, DVDs and food, using Mrs Guarinos

bank cards, Bristol Crown Court heard this morning.


They also withdrew about 3,000 in cash from her account at a rate of 250 a day. They were

caught on CCTV withdrawing cash.

Police found that shortly after killing 61-year-old Mrs Guarino, dumping her body in the River Avon

and clearing up the blood at her house in Osborne Road, the pair ordered takeaway pizzas from

Dominos in Castle Street, Trowbridge.

Riley, Mrs Guarinos lodger, has admitted her murder, as well as a second charge of obstructing a

coroner in carrying out an inquest, by dumping her body in the River Avon.

Marc Riley has admitted murdering his landlady Antonietta

Guarino

Carr-Burstow has pleaded guilty to obstructing a coroner by disposing of Mrs Guarinos body, but

has denied murder or procuring murder and is standing trial, which started today.

Martin Meeke QC, prosecuting, told the jury this morning: Antonietta Guarino was beaten to death

with a hammer in her own home in Trowbridge.

When she was either dead, or dying, her body was wrapped in a shower curtain, tied with an

electrical cable, an orange cable of the type we all have for the lawnmower or strimmer.

Her body was then put into her own car (a Toyota Yaris) and driven to the River Avon which was

nearby and then put into the river.

This defendant is charged with her murder.

He went on to tell the jury that Mrs Guarinos body was finally found in the River Avon on February

23 by Bradford on Avon resident, Ron Lutman.

There were sobs from the direction of the public gallery, where Mrs Guarinos children Giulietta and

Tom, were sat.


Mr Meeke said that in a police interview, Carr-Burstow told police that Riley had killed Mrs Guarino,

but told the jury they would hear from various witnesses who say Carr-Burstow either admitted to

them, or insinuated, that he had been responsible for her death.

He said: Stephen Gurner remembers Carr-Burstow turning up at his flat in the silver Toyota Yaris,

and we know where he got that car.

He took Gurner out for a ride in the car. There came a time when Carr-Bustow stopped the car

and having done so, told Gurner that he and Riley had killed their landlord, put her body in the

Yaris and dumped it in the river.

He also said Carr-Bustows step-brother, Reginald Potter, who lives near Trowbridge, said Carr-

Burstow phoned him on January 9 and said, I got into a fight last night with a bloke. I hit him on

a head with a hammer and threw him in the river.

Mr Meeke said: This defendant had made admissions to having killed a male.

Perhaps even he was too embarrassed that he had in fact killed a frail lady of 61.

The trial continues.

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A LODGER and his boyfriend have appeared before magistrates in Chippenham this

morning to face a charge of murdering Antonietta Guarino.

Marc Riley, 24, and David Carr-Burstow, 19, are jointly accused of murdering 61-year-old Italian

national Antonietta Guarino sometime between January 6 and 13.


The couple, who appeared in court at 11.15am wearing pale grey long-sleeved tops, spoke only to

confirm their address and date of birth.

Riley, who works at Virgin Mobile in Trowbridge, lived with Mrs Guarino at her bungalow in Osborne

Road, Trowbridge. Carr-Burstow is of no fixed abode.

Michelle Hewitt, prosecuting, told magistrates: "The police inquiry is ongoing and the body has not

been recovered.

"The exact circumstances leading to her death still remain to be clarified."

Michael Jeary, defending Riley and Carr-Burstow, said the pair were co-operating with police.

Mrs Hewitt said Mrs Guarino was last seen on January 7, when she attended an appointment at a

Trowbridge doctors' surgery.

No application for bail was made and Riley and Carr-Burstow were remanded in custody until a

preliminary hearing is held at Bristol Crown Court on Friday February 13.

As they left the court the pair could be heard shouting.

Reporter Charley Morgan said: "They were both stood in court with their sleeves pulled up to the

elbows.

"They only spoke to confirm their address.

"Carr-Burstow had dyed blond hair, which was growing out.

"As they came out of the dock and were taken back to their cell you could hear shouts of

frustration."

Riley will be held at HMP Horfield in Bristol and Carr-Burstow at a youth detention centre until their

next court hearing.

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Murdered landlady did not want gay lover to move in

The lodger of Antonietta Guarino moved his boyfriend into her house without her permission and

had not been paying his rent, a jury heard today.


Antonietta Guarino

Marc Riley, 24, who admitted murdering the 61 year old Italian-born Mrs Guarino yesterday, had

asked her if his boyfriend David Carr-Burstow, 20, could move in, but was told no.

Yesterday Bristol Crown Court was told that Carr-Burstow stayed with Riley at Mrs Guarinos home

in Osborne Road over Christmas and after she had returned from visiting family over the festive

period, he would climb into Rileys bedroom through the window so she would not notice.

Carr-Burstow denies murder, but has admitted helping Riley dump her body in the River Avon.

When Mrs Guarino returned after Christmas, she told friends she thought Riley had been having

friends over.

Mrs Guarino's daughter Giulietta Bogacz, 35, took the stand yesterday.

Mrs Bogacz told the court: She phoned me up a couple of days after she had been home after

Christmas and told me Marc had taken her to one side and said he wasnt happy with where his

boyfriend was living.

He wanted his boyfriend to move into her house with them. I said no, she shouldnt do that.

Martin Meeke QC asked her if she seemed inclined to allow Carr-Burstow to move in. Mrs Bogacz

replied: No, absolutely not.

She said it had nothing to do with Marcs sexuality, she simply did not want to share her house

with more than one person. Mrs Bogacz said: She told him they couldn't move in there together

and suggested he start to look for a place where they could move in together.

Mrs Guarino also mentioned to her friend David West on January 7 that she thought Riley had been

having friends round over Christmas.


In a statement to police he said: While we were chatting, she mentioned again that Marc was

having friends round to the house.

She mentioned this before and after Christmas to me and I could see it was grating on her. She

didnt like it, it wasnt part of the arrangement. She was very serious about it.

I got the feeling that something with the lodger Marc Riley had gone wrong. She also believed her

bed had been touched or disturbed.

Another friend, Pamela Wescott, from Calne, told the court that Mrs Guarino had confided in her

that Riley, who worked for Virgin Mobile in Trowbridge, had not been paying his rent.

She did say that she was having problems,she said.

He was making excuses and not paying his full rent.

The trial continues.

Antonietta's concerns after lodger moved boyfriend in


By Charley Morgan

The lodger of Antonietta Guarino moved his boyfriend into her house without her permission and

had not been paying his rent, a jury heard today.

Antonietta Guarino confided in friends of her concerns over

her lodger Marc Riley

Marc Riley, 24, who admitted murdering the 61 year old Italian-born Mrs Guarino yesterday, had

asked her if his boyfriend David Carr-Burstow, 20, could move in, but was told no.

Yesterday Bristol Crown Court was told that Carr-Burstow stayed with Riley at Mrs Guarino's home

in Osborne Road over Christmas and after she had returned from visiting family over the festive

period, he would climb into Riley's bedroom through the window so she would not notice.
Carr-Burstow denies murder, but has admitted helping Riley dump her body in the River Avon.

When Mrs Guarino returned after Christmas, she told friends she thought Riley had been having

friends over.

Marc Riley moved his boyfriend David Carr-Bustow into his

landlady's home

Mrs Guarino's daughter Giulietta Bogacz, 35, took the stand today.

She told the court: "She phoned me up a couple of days after she had been home after Christmas

and told me Marc had taken her to one side and said he wasn't happy with where his boyfriend

was living.

"He wanted his boyfriend to move into her house with them. I said no, she shouldn't do that."

Martin Meeke QC asked her if she seemed inclined to allow Carr-Burstow to move in. Mrs Bogacz

replied: "No, absolutely not."

She said it had nothing to do with Marc's sexuality, she was not old-fashioned, she simply did not

want to share her house with more than one person.

"She told him they couldn't move in there together and suggested he start to look for a place

where they could move in together," she said.

Mrs Guarino also mentioned to her friend David West on January 7 that she thought Riley had been

having friends round over Christmas.

In a statement to police he said: "While we were chatting, she mentioned again that Marc was

having friends round to the house.

"She mentioned this before and after Christmas to me and I could see it was grating on her. She

didn't like it, it wasn't part of the arrangement. She was very serious about it.
"I got the feeling that something with the lodger Marc Riley had gone wrong. She also believed her

bed had been touched or disturbed."

Another friend, Pamela Wescott, from Calne, told the court that Mrs Guarino had confided in her

that Riley, who worked for Virgin Mobile in Trowbridge, had not been paying his rent.

"She did say that she was having problems," she said. "He was making excuses and not paying his

full rent."

Killer jailed for hammer attack on landlady

A lodger who beat his landlady to death with a hammer at her home in Trowbridge, then along

with his boyfriend dumped her body in the River Avon, has been jailed for a minimum of 20 years.

Marc Riley

Marc Riley, who admitted murder, refused to leave his cell to attend the sentencing hearing at

Bristol Crown Court earlier this afternoon. He attacked Mrs Guarino, 61, in the kitchen of her home

in Osborne Road, on January 8.

Then along with his boyfriend, David Carr-Burstow, 20, who was cleared by a jury of murder but

sentenced to four years in jail after admitting obstructing a coroner, they wrapped her body up in a

shower curtain and dumped it in the River Avon.


Carr-Burstow could be freed from prison in less than a year. He will serve half of his four year

sentence in a Young Offenders Institution, before being released on licence, but he has already

served 241 days since being arrested on suspicion of murder in January.

Before sentencing, the court was told how both defendants had previous convictions.

Riley was given a police caution in April 2008 for hitting Carr-Burstow at a fair in Wiltshire. The

pair had struck up a relationship the same year after meeting at the Amber Foundation in

Bythesea Road, Trowbridge, where they both were living.

Carr-Burstow has a string of previous offences, including three counts of attempted theft, burglary,

criminal damage, battery and possessing a bayonet in a public place.

Judge Crowther, before sentencing Carr-Burstow, said: What you did was to give direct help to

Marc Riley, in a way your own counsel has accepted was wicked in itself and callous and cruel on

its impact on the family.

On hearing the sentencing, Mrs Guarinos daughter Giulietta, 35, burst into tears, and at least one

jury member was sobbing.

Judge Crowther said Riley would be sentenced for murder, as the charge of obstructing a coroner,

which he had also admitted, was an aggravating feature.

He said other aggravating features of the murder included the fact Mrs Guarino was in poor health,

the fact she was subjected to a sudden, violent and overwhelming attack and that Riley was in a

position of trust, as her lodger.

Antonietta Guarino murder trial jury retire to consider verdict


By Charley Morgan

The jury in the trial of David Carr-Burstow, who is accused of murdering Antonietta Guarino with

his boyfriend Marc Riley, have retired to consider their verdict.


David Carr-Burstow

Judge Tom Crowther, sitting at Bristol Crown Court, spent this morning summing up all of the

evidence, which they have heard over the last eight days.

He said the jury would have to decide whether Carr-Burstow had either been involved in killing Mrs

Guarino, or had procured her murder by telling Marc Riley to hit her over the head with a hammer,

in order to find him guilty of murder.

He said: "You must all be sure the either one or both is proved, but it is not necessary that you are

all agreed upon which it is, because whichever it is, you would be satisfied that murder had been

committed."

He told them they might have to rely on circumstantial evidence provided by the prosecution that

Carr-Burstow was guilty of Mrs Guarino's murder.


Antonietta Guarino

He advised them on certain points of law, such as joint responsibility, saying even if two people

had a different role in a crime, they could both still be responsible for committing it.

He warned the jury that they might have to make up their minds, based on inferences or logical

conclusions, based on the facts given to them.

Also he reminded them that Carr-Burstow had already admitted that he had told lies and warned

them to be cautious.

He said: "It would be an unusual case if, when the jury retires, they can say 'well now we know

everything we can about this case'."

Following Carr-Burstow's mother's evidence yesterday, the jury were told that both sides now

accepted that his diagnosis with Asperger's Syndrome happened during his childhood and that a

recent medical assessment proved he did not now suffer from either Asperger's, or any other

autistic spectrum disorder, but he does still suffer from severe ADHD.

The jury is made up of five women and seven men.

'True justice will come another day', says son

Exclusive By Charley Morgan

The son of murdered Trowbridge grandmother Antonietta Guarino says he is


devastated by the not guilty verdict given to one of the men accused of killing
her.
Tom Sebastiano outside Bristol Crown Court

Mrs Guarinos son, Tom Sebastiano, 32, from Chertsey in Surrey, told the
Wiltshire Times this week how he feels let down by the jury, the judge and the
system.

The jury reached a unanimous verdict in just five hours that David Carr-Burstow
was not jointly responsible with Marc Riley for her murder.

He was sentenced to four years in prison for the part he played in dumping Mrs
Guarinos body in the River Avon, of which he will serve two before being
released on licence.

Mr Sebastiano said: It feels like another blow. I was hoping to come to work
this week and say that chapter is over and we are moving forward.

But it feels like old wounds have been reopened. Its really devastating, I
havent come to terms with it.

Carr-Burstow admitted his part in disposing of Mrs Guarinos body in the River
Avon and was charged with obstructing a coroner due to its potentially longer
sentence than other charges which could have been brought against him.

But Mr Sebastiano feels the sentence given to him does not reflect the gravity of
what he did to his mothers body and the agony caused to him and his sister
while they spent a month waiting for her body to be found.

I cant come to terms with the sentence that David Carr-Burstow got for the
things that he pleaded guilty to, he said.

I feel massively let down by the jury too. In the face of all that evidence that
they should take five hours to get to that conclusion unanimously is shocking.
But on balance, I was also let down by the system they didnt have all the
evidence in front of them.

He said it was the final insult when Marc Riley refused to come up from his cell
to face the court room to be sentenced.

He had missed the moment Riley pleaded guilty to his mothers murder on the
first day of the trial, as he was still on his way up from the witness room in the
court.

He said he believes the judge should have taken the opportunity to punish Riley
for contempt of court for failing to appear.

Riley insulted the court, the judge and us as a family, he said.

I dont know how he could be given credit for an early guilty plea when he did
not plead guilty until the morning the trial was due to begin.

Mr Sebastiano believes that he will now never really know the full details of what
happened in his mothers house in Osborne Road on the night of January 8, and
feels the family will not find closure for a very long time.

The morning after the verdict he sent flowers to his mothers former house, with
a note saying he felt she had been let down and has has set up a weblog called
Justice Denied, to vent his frustration.

But he had the utmost praise for Wiltshire Polices Major Incident Team and has
written to chief constable Brian Moore, to express his gratitude.

In a victim impact statement, he said that some weeks ago he found his five-
year-old daughter standing in their garden holding drawings of her grandmother
whom she called Nonna up to the sky.

When he asked what she was doing, she replied: Showing Nonna my pictures,
shes in heaven.

His sister Giulietta, 35, said in her statement: I wake up with a shock every day
to realise once again that mum has been murdered and that I will never see,
touch or speak to her again. I desperately want to wake up and find that this
was just a nightmare.
YOUR SAY YourTimes

Tony Durant, Trowbridge says...


09/10/09

We as close friends of Antonietta are also devastated. We knew she had not been well after
the new year and waited and waited to hear fom her, then hoped she had gone to stay with
someone. She had stayed with a friend's mother a long time when she was helping her get
over the death of her son who was also a friend a while ago and it was not unusual for
Antonietta to stay away.
Soon though we sensed something was very wrong, but there was nothing we could do,
especially as the lodger pretended she was phoning them from somewhere.

Antonietta often had called us if she ever needed help as we lived nearby and we never let
her down. Also her friends Enza and Steve as well as others were supportive. I had even cut
her grass many times and Sarah thought of her like a sister. She had a fantastic
personality and was a very popular person who was devoted to her family, always talking
about them and saying how proud she is of them. I say is as she is not gone, not gone at all.
We will see her again, just not until we also die.

I agree with Tom about all of what he has said in this article. This is a terrible outcome
with the fact a young man could be out in twenty years for such evil and that a man who
aided and abetted in an evil way has such a short sentence. Its terrible and is an insult to
antonietta and to everyone who wants this terrible situation to not be made light of. We,
many millions of us, have been let down, and yes it is worse for her family who will feel
more deeply naturally. We however are very very upset, shocked and angry. We will also
never be able to get this off our minds and dont believe the whole truth has been told.

We ask people to join in with lobbying to get longer sentencing as theres got to be so
murderers can see what should happen to them. Its all too easy for murderers who know
life does not mean life and whose criminal accomplices get less than even a thief in such
circumstances should get. I wish the Jury and Judge could be people who hate evil like we
do and who love innocent people like we do, as they have let us all down and Tom is right.
The only reason we didnt go is because we thought we would have nightmares and knew
there was nothing we could do. WE suspected they would get treated not seriously enough
and didnt want to have to be in the same place as them. We were thinking of buying her
house but would never be able to cope with knowing whats happened there to a kind good
person. Now however we will launch a campaign of thousands to stop such pathetically
light sentences and will consider a protest.

Please contact me if you want to join in. Please email me at manager@tonydurant.c


o.uk or call me on 01225 765038

justice-denied, NW Surrey says...


19/10/09

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Antonietta Guarino

'True justice will come another day', says son

Exclusive By Charley Morgan

The son of murdered Trowbridge grandmother Antonietta Guarino says he is


devastated by the not guilty verdict given to one of the men accused of killing
her.

Tom Sebastiano outside Bristol Crown Court


Mrs Guarinos son, Tom Sebastiano, 32, from Chertsey in Surrey, told the
Wiltshire Times this week how he feels let down by the jury, the judge and the
system.

The jury reached a unanimous verdict in just five hours that David Carr-Burstow
was not jointly responsible with Marc Riley for her murder.

He was sentenced to four years in prison for the part he played in dumping Mrs
Guarinos body in the River Avon, of which he will serve two before being
released on licence.

Mr Sebastiano said: It feels like another blow. I was hoping to come to work
this week and say that chapter is over and we are moving forward.

But it feels like old wounds have been reopened. Its really devastating, I
havent come to terms with it.

Carr-Burstow admitted his part in disposing of Mrs Guarinos body in the River
Avon and was charged with obstructing a coroner due to its potentially longer
sentence than other charges which could have been brought against him.

But Mr Sebastiano feels the sentence given to him does not reflect the gravity of
what he did to his mothers body and the agony caused to him and his sister
while they spent a month waiting for her body to be found.

I cant come to terms with the sentence that David Carr-Burstow got for the
things that he pleaded guilty to, he said.

I feel massively let down by the jury too. In the face of all that evidence that
they should take five hours to get to that conclusion unanimously is shocking.

But on balance, I was also let down by the system they didnt have all the
evidence in front of them.

He said it was the final insult when Marc Riley refused to come up from his cell
to face the court room to be sentenced.

He had missed the moment Riley pleaded guilty to his mothers murder on the
first day of the trial, as he was still on his way up from the witness room in the
court.
He said he believes the judge should have taken the opportunity to punish Riley
for contempt of court for failing to appear.

Riley insulted the court, the judge and us as a family, he said.

I dont know how he could be given credit for an early guilty plea when he did
not plead guilty until the morning the trial was due to begin.

Mr Sebastiano believes that he will now never really know the full details of what
happened in his mothers house in Osborne Road on the night of January 8, and
feels the family will not find closure for a very long time.

The morning after the verdict he sent flowers to his mothers former house, with
a note saying he felt she had been let down and has has set up a weblog called
Justice Denied, to vent his frustration.

But he had the utmost praise for Wiltshire Polices Major Incident Team and has
written to chief constable Brian Moore, to express his gratitude.

In a victim impact statement, he said that some weeks ago he found his five-
year-old daughter standing in their garden holding drawings of her grandmother
whom she called Nonna up to the sky.

When he asked what she was doing, she replied: Showing Nonna my pictures,
shes in heaven.

His sister Giulietta, 35, said in her statement: I wake up with a shock every day
to realise once again that mum has been murdered and that I will never see,
touch or speak to her again. I desperately want to wake up and find that this
was just a nightmare.

YOUR SAY YourTimes

Tony Durant, Trowbridge says...


09/10/09

We as close friends of Antonietta are also devastated. We knew she had not been well after
the new year and waited and waited to hear fom her, then hoped she had gone to stay with
someone. She had stayed with a friend's mother a long time when she was helping her get
over the death of her son who was also a friend a while ago and it was not unusual for
Antonietta to stay away.
Soon though we sensed something was very wrong, but there was nothing we could do,
especially as the lodger pretended she was phoning them from somewhere.

Antonietta often had called us if she ever needed help as we lived nearby and we never let
her down. Also her friends Enza and Steve as well as others were supportive. I had even cut
her grass many times and Sarah thought of her like a sister. She had a fantastic
personality and was a very popular person who was devoted to her family, always talking
about them and saying how proud she is of them. I say is as she is not gone, not gone at all.
We will see her again, just not until we also die.

I agree with Tom about all of what he has said in this article. This is a terrible outcome
with the fact a young man could be out in twenty years for such evil and that a man who
aided and abetted in an evil way has such a short sentence. Its terrible and is an insult to
antonietta and to everyone who wants this terrible situation to not be made light of. We,
many millions of us, have been let down, and yes it is worse for her family who will feel
more deeply naturally. We however are very very upset, shocked and angry. We will also
never be able to get this off our minds and dont believe the whole truth has been told.

We ask people to join in with lobbying to get longer sentencing as theres got to be so
murderers can see what should happen to them. Its all too easy for murderers who know
life does not mean life and whose criminal accomplices get less than even a thief in such
circumstances should get. I wish the Jury and Judge could be people who hate evil like we
do and who love innocent people like we do, as they have let us all down and Tom is right.
The only reason we didnt go is because we thought we would have nightmares and knew
there was nothing we could do. WE suspected they would get treated not seriously enough
and didnt want to have to be in the same place as them. We were thinking of buying her
house but would never be able to cope with knowing whats happened there to a kind good
person. Now however we will launch a campaign of thousands to stop such pathetically
light sentences and will consider a protest.

Please contact me if you want to join in. Please email me at manager@tonydurant.c


o.uk or call me on 01225 765038

justice-denied, NW Surrey says...


19/10/09
Want to read more visit:

http://justice-denie
d.blogspot.com

the blog in memory of


Antonietta Guarino

Police admit case could have been 'touch and go'

By Charley Morgan

Without a murder weapon, police have now described their apprehension over what could have

been a touch and go case.

Killer Marc Riley

An area of the household waste tip near Calne was sealed off for weeks after David Carr-Burstow

admitted throwing the murder weapon, a hammer, into a bin at McDonalds in Bradley Road,

Trowbridge.

Detectives were told it would take 100 men at least 100 days to find it, and Det Supt Steve

Fulcher said: The simple fact is that if we hadnt have been able to turn Riley, we wouldnt have
been able to find the body and would have had very much a touch and go case with no witnesses,

no forensics and no murder weapon.

We would have tried them without the body, but how far we would have got, I dont know.

Questioning was key during the investigation, officers describing Riley as the rather needy,

emotionally weak but possessive one, and Carr-Burstow as having animal cunning, and his

psychological report indicated him as being manipulative.

Riley's boyfriend David Carr-Burstow

While he was in custody, officers found a love note in the exercise yard penned by Riley, in which

he told Carr-Burstow the account he had given to police and said they would live together and

have a family after their release.

Police admit case could have been 'touch and go'


By Charley Morgan

Without a murder weapon, police have now described their apprehension over what could have

been a touch and go case.


Killer Marc Riley

An area of the household waste tip near Calne was sealed off for weeks after David Carr-Burstow

admitted throwing the murder weapon, a hammer, into a bin at McDonalds in Bradley Road,

Trowbridge.

Detectives were told it would take 100 men at least 100 days to find it, and Det Supt Steve

Fulcher said: The simple fact is that if we hadnt have been able to turn Riley, we wouldnt have

been able to find the body and would have had very much a touch and go case with no witnesses,

no forensics and no murder weapon.

We would have tried them without the body, but how far we would have got, I dont know.

Questioning was key during the investigation, officers describing Riley as the rather needy,

emotionally weak but possessive one, and Carr-Burstow as having animal cunning, and his

psychological report indicated him as being manipulative.


Riley's boyfriend David Carr-Burstow

While he was in custody, officers found a love note in the exercise yard penned by Riley, in which

he told Carr-Burstow the account he had given to police and said they would live together and

have a family after their release.

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