‘Body in the loft’ killer faces life sentence

A killer who murdered his drug dealer and showed his body off to friends after leaving it in his attic for eight months is facing a life sentence. Amateur conjurer Gary Hopkins, 37, killed 17-year-old Abdi Ali as the teenager slept on the sofa at the flat he shared with 28-year-old Stacy Docherty in Enfield, north London. Ali was a ‘cuckoo’ – a dealer who had taken up residence in their home to sell heroin. Hopkins battered and stabbed Ali…