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- Debbie Ann Pereira, 39, and Benjamin Lee Atkins, 49, are facing trial at Winchester Crown Court following the alleged murder of 49 year-old Simon Shotton
- Simon Shotton’s remains were found in the Boscombe area last summer
- Atkins has admitted to charges of perverting the course of justice, and preventing the burial of a corpse, but denies murder
- Pereira has admitted to a charge of preventing the burial of a corpse but denies murder and perverting the course of justice
- The trial opened on Thursday, April 11
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