‘Ignore the gruesome details’

Jurors trying a gang of alleged killers accused of dismembering the body of a talented jazz musician were told to put aside the gruesome details of the case. Simon Emmons, 40, allegedly cut off the limbs of ‘accomplished trumpeter’ William Algar, 53, before burying them in a nature reserve on the evening of 18 December 2019. A 19-year-old man, who cannot be named for legal reasons, is charged alone with Mr Algar’s murder. Emmons is accused of returning with the…