Mr Chevalier’s mutilated body was found hours later after police received a tip off.
McCormick, who has previous convictions for violence and drugs offences, today received a mandatory life sentence for murder and was told he will have to serve a minimum of 25 years before he can apply for parole.
Announcing the court’s sentence, Bailiff Sir Michael Birt said: ‘This was a brutal killing which devastated the victim’s family.’
Full report in Friday’s JEP, including the full background of the case and the story of the drug involved.
