‘It was murder most foul’

Three alleged killers who enslaved, tortured, burned and beat a woman to death are guilty of ‘murder most foul’, a court heard. Shakira Spencer, 35, was found dead in her flat in Hanwell, west London, after a neighbour spotted maggots crawling from under her front door on 25 September 2022. Shaun Pendlebury, 26, lover Ashana Studholme, 38 and Lisa Richardson, 44, all deny murder and preventing a lawful burial. Ms Spencer was forced to sleep on newspapers in the hallway…