A FORMER Doncaster heat winner of Mr Gay UK has told a court he carved and cooked flesh from the body of a man he had killed because he thought he was preparing a piece of meat at work.
Anthony Morley, aged 36, said he could not remember stabbing Damian Oldfield in April this year but thought Mr Oldfield might try to rape him after he woke to find him performing a sexual act on him.
The jury at Leeds Crown Court has heard that, after cutting Mr Oldfield's throat and stabbing him, Morley carved flesh from his thigh, seasoned it with herbs, fried it in olive oil and chewed it.
When asked why he did it, Morley said in court on Monday: "I can only say that at that point Damian's body had become something I would deal with at work, a piece of meat. That's the only thing I can think of. That was my daily task, preparing meat. I can't think of any rational reason why."
The court heard that Morley, from, Leeds, told 33-year-old Mr Oldfield he wanted to take things slowly when he invited him to his home for dinner.
Morley won the Doncaster heat of Mr Gay UK at the Ritzy on Silver Street in 1993.
He defendant told the jury the pair went to bed to watch a DVD and that he woke up to find Mr Oldfield laid across him performing a sexual act. Morley said: "I just remember saying, 'Why have you done that? What are you doing? We've talked about this'."
He said he had no memory of the following attack other than cutting his own finger with a knife. When asked why he killed Mr Oldfield, he said: "A feeling of betrayal. I don't know why I went on to kill him."
Robert Smith QC, defending, described the killing as "terrible, horrific and bizarre" and told the jury that Morley was provoked to kill Mr Oldfield.
The case continues.
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