Man charged over body in suitcase
A disabled man accused of chopping up his neighbour and storing his remains in a suitcase was today charged with murder, officials in Australia said.
John Arthur Powers Surrey, 44, was charged by Brisbane Magistrates with murder, entering with intent and interfering with a corpse.
Police say that the body of the neighbour, Kenneth Hoffman, was chopped up in a block of flats in Brisbane.
Officers were called to the block over the weekend when neighbours complained of a bad smell.
Police allege that when they entered Surrey’s flat they found him sitting in the living room with a suitcase on his lap containing parts of the dead man.
It is believed Hoffman had been dead for a week, police said.
Police gave no further details, including what might have prompted the incident.
