Body parts search continues after woman’s remains found in park

Police are searching for a dismembered torso after a woman was allegedly murdered, cut up with power tools and dumped in a park.

Remains belonging to Sarah Mayhew, 38, were found in Rowdown Fields in New Addington, south London last Tuesday.

Police had been called to the scene after a dog walker saw his animal had uncovered a human bone.

Human remains found in south London park — Human remains found in a park in south London have been identified as 38-year-old Sarah Mayhew from Croydon (Metropolitan Police/PA)

Arms, legs and a head were then found nearby and identified as belonging to Ms Mayhew by her DNA.

Police are continuing to search for the victim’s torso, the Old Bailey heard.

Gemma Watts, 48, and Steven Sansom, 44, were arrested on Saturday and subsequently charged with her murder and preventing her lawful and decent burial.

It is alleged that the couple killed Ms Mayhew at a residential property before her body was dismembered with power tools.

The cause of the victim’s death remains unascertained.

However, an examination of her body found two small vertebrae were broken in her voicebox, bruising to the skull and her head had been shaved.

Ms Mayhew was last seen in Sutton, south-west London, on the evening of March 8.

On Thursday, Sansom and Watts appeared separately at the Old Bailey before Judge Philip Katz KC.

Watts, of Featherbed Lane in New Addington, appeared first by video link from Bronzefield prison followed later by Sansom from Belmarsh jail.

Watts appeared to have a dark bruise around her eye and both defendants spoke only to confirm their identities.

The court heard that both she and Sansom are alleged to have killed Ms Mayhew at the residential property on the night of March 8 before disposing of the body.