Skip To Main Content
Johanna Carr on Muck Rack

Johanna Carr

Verified
  • Senior Journalist, BBC
Plymouth
As seen in: BBC, G1 Globo, MSN, MSN UK, BBC Mundo, BBC News, MSN Philippines, The Daily Mirror, The Independent (UK), Yahoo Canada, Yahoo News and
Senior journalist at BBC South West. Former @PA. Views my own. DM me with your stories.

Get in touch with Johanna

Contact Johanna, search articles and posts on X, monitor coverage, and track replies from one place.

Learn more about Muck Rack

Actions

Share this page

Articles

How serial killer James Desborough preyed on vulnerable homeless men

|
By Johanna Carr Verified
| Aol Verified
Daniel Coleman and Claudio Aquilino were last seen alive in the company of their killer James Desborough "He's really off his head. He doesn't care... he is kamikaze." Those were Claudio Aquilino's words during a 999 call the day before he disappeared. He was frightened and told police he wanted nothing to do with a crime he believed was about to be committed by a man called James Desborough. About 12 hours later on 18 April 2025, CCTV captured Aquilino with Desborough in a Newquay pub.
Open in Who Shared View Duplicates (14) Issue with article?

Serial killer given whole life orders for murdering two men

|
By Johanna Carr Verified, Julia Gregory Verified
| Yahoo News Malaysia Verified
Serial killer James Desborough has been given two whole life prison sentences with no chance of parole - as police revealed they are looking into four unexplained deaths at the homeless shelter that housed him. Desborough, already serving a minimum of 19 years for the murder of his prison cellmate, was given the whole life tariffs for killing 57-year-old Claudio Aquilino and Daniel Coleman, 43, in Cornwall.
Open in Who Shared View Duplicates (13) Issue with article?

Man guilty of murdering two men found in woods

|
By Johanna Carr Verified, George Thorpe Verified, Julia Gregory Verified
| Yahoo News Malaysia Verified
A man has been found guilty of murdering two men he met in a homeless shelter. James Desborough had previously admitted preventing the lawful burial in 2025 of 57-year-old Claudio Aquilino and 43-year-old Daniel Coleman. A jury at Winchester Crown Court heard the 40-year-old, of Old Oak Woods, Lower Sticker, Cornwall, dismembered his victims' bodies, tried to burn their remains and hid them in woodland where he owned a cabin. Advertisement Advertisement He is due to be sentenced on Wednesday.
Open in Who Shared View Duplicates (17) Issue with article?
See all 189 licensed articles (432 Total)