Robert Brown, 38, was convicted of the murder of 41-year-old Victoria Greenwood, whose body was discovered in a car park in Hertfordshire last year.

During the trial, the court heard how Brown had arranged to meet Victoria, who worked as a sex worker, in the early hours of Friday 10 November.

CCTV captured the pair arriving and entering his flat together, but footage later showed the victim on the ground outside, appearing to be trying to escape, with Brown pulling her back inside.

While investigating, detectives from the Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Hertfordshire Major Crime Unit found that Brown had made multiple trips to different shops that weekend, purchasing a variety of suspicious items including a saw, a foldable sack barrow, a jerry can, and a large amount of cleaning supplies.

On Sunday 12 November, CCTV recorded him using the sack barrow to transport a large furniture unit wrapped in duct tape, containing Victoria’s body, from his flat to his car. He was also seen at a local petrol station that evening filling a container with fuel.

Emergency services were called to a car park near Wallington two days later to reports of a body on fire.

Brown, of Hitchin Road, Luton, was found guilty of murder following a three-week trial at Luton Crown Court.

He had previously pleaded guilty to obstructing a coroner in the exercise of their duty before the trial began.

He is due to be sentenced on Friday 7 June.