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Labourer who killed mother-of-two and buried her in shallow grave jailed for 18 years
Mohammed Durnion received an 18-year sentence after manslaughter conviction; his friend Adam Moore was found guilty of assisting in disposing of Reanne Coulson’s body.
- On Thursday, March 26, 2026, labourer Mohammed Durnion was sentenced to 18 years in prison for the manslaughter of mother-of-two Reanne Coulson, whose body was found in a shallow grave near Coventry.
- Jurors at Warwick Crown Court convicted Durnion of manslaughter on Tuesday after a three-week trial, finding he strangled Coulson on May 21, 2025, and used petrol to set part of her body alight.
- Durnion's associate Adam Moore, a fellow ground worker, received six years in prison from Judge Kristina Montgomery KC for assisting an offender by helping dispose of the body in Binley Woods.
- Coulson's mother, Lynne Sparkes, told the court family members faced a "lifetime of overwhelming grief," while Montgomery said Durnion showed "total contempt for her in life and in death."
- Sentencing Durnion as a dangerous offender, the court heard he has 14 previous convictions for battery and assault offences recorded in 2002 and 2023, serving as a warning of Class A drug dangers.
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Shallow grave killer jailed for 18 years for strangling mother-of-two
Mohammed Durnion was cleared of murder but found guilty of the manslaughter of Reanne Coulson after setting her body on fire to destroy evidence. A labourer who strangled a mother-of-two, set fire to her body and buried her in a shallow grave has been jailed for 18 years. Mohammed Durnion was told his actions had robbed the relatives of Reanne Coulson of someone who was deeply loved by her entire family and always helped others without hesitatio…
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