‘Parasitic’ fraudster killed older woman he met in hot tub after using her money on hair transplants and clothes

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. open image in gallery In August 2021, Norma confided in a close friend that she had given more than £200,000 and bought a car for Kaygusuz Prosecutor Jocelyn Ledward said: “By August, the defendant must have realised that his comfortable parasitic lifestyle was not going to continue: he was simply not going to get any more out of Ms Girolami. Ms Ledward told jurors: “They can only have had one purpose when acquired by the defendant – to restrain and kill Norma Girolami, to conceal her remains by burying them, and ensuring the defendant did not get dirty and acquire any forensic traces in the process.” On August 19 2021, Ms Girolami travelled from her home in Highgate, north London, for a day out at Leigh-on-Sea, in Essex. Some 15 months after she went missing, Ms Girolami’s remains were found hidden “in plain sight” in a grave in St James’s Churchyard in Barnet. open image in gallery Kaygusuz Buying supplies Detective Chief Inspector Kate Blackburn, from Scotland Yard, said: “The items in Kayusuz’s online purchase history were basically a body disposal kit.