Coventry labourer faked mental health episode minutes after killing Reanne Coulson

The killer of a woman found buried in woodland weeks after her death told a sequence of lies to police and faked a mental health episode while her body was hidden in his flat. Mohammed Durnion, 42, was found guilty at Warwick Crown Court on Tuesday of the manslaughter of Reanne Coulson on 21 May last year. A neighbour of Durnion alerted West Midlands Police to screams coming from his Coventry flat, but the crack cocaine user denied entry to officers minutes after killing Coulson, also claiming his father had cancer. Weeks later, the labourer led police to where he had dumped her body in Binley Woods, also setting fire to it, after detectives played him a media appeal by the victim's family. "I believe he was acting," Det Insp Nigel Box said. "He does have the appearance of being, certainly, agitated and upset. However, he tells a sequence of lies, and he's clearly thinking through his actions." During the initial callout, officers forced their way into his property on Paynes Lane, which had no electricity and a bucket for a toilet, but did not find Coulson, who had been hidden under a mattress. "Durnion obstructed the officers, and that's clear on the body-worn footage," Box added.