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Dad and daughter who dumped body in canal convicted
John Anslow and his daughter Hayley-Marie Ferguson used John's wheelchair to move Bailey's body to the canal off Ryders Green Road
A man and his daughter have been convicted after a woman was murdered and her body was dumped in a canal.
Chereiss Bailey was found dead near a waterway off Ryders Green Road in West Bromwich in October last year.
John Anslow, 65, assaulted Bailey in his home, before he and his daughter, Hayley-Marie Ferguson, 42, moved her body in a wheelchair and used a washing line with paving slabs attached, to submerge it in the water, police said.
Anslow had denied murder but was found guilty following a three-week trial at Birmingham Crown Court. Ferguson was found guilty of assisting an offender and preventing a lawful and decent burial, a charge Anslow had already pleaded guilty to.
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Chereiss Bailey was found dead in a canal near Ryders Green Road on 7 October last year
On the opening day of the trial, the court heard Bailey was last seen on the afternoon of 27 September.
Police said CCTV footage revealed Bailey had entered Anslow's home on Stour Street in West Bromwich on that day, after the pair met on Great Bridge Street.
West Midlands Police said her body was later found on 7 October.