Two men have been convicted for their part in the death of a woman whose body was found buried in a shallow grave in woodland on the outskirts of Coventry.

Reanne Coulson, 33, died after being attacked in a Coventry flat.

Today (24 March 2026) at Warwick Crown Court following a trial that lasted three weeks, Mohammed Durnion, 42, of Paynes Lane, Coventry, was convicted of the manslaughter of Reanne Coulson.

Adam Moore, 39, of Marlcroft, Willenhall, Coventry was convicted of assisting an offender by helping to dispose of her body.

Ms Coulson was last seen at a church support group near Coventry city centre at around 10pm on Wednesday 21 May 2025. About an hour later, a witness reported hearing a woman screaming from Durnion's nearby flat. When police attended the property following the 999 call, they conducted a search but did not see Ms Coulson or her body. Her remains were discovered five and a half weeks later, on 27 June 2025, buried in a shallow grave at Binley Woods, Coventry.

Durnion denied killing Ms Coulson, falsely claiming she died from a drug overdose during an argument at his flat. Moore denied assisting an offender and claimed he travelled to Binley Woods out of concern for his friend's mental health. The jury rejected both accounts and they were convicted today.

Giovanni D’Alessandro from the Crown Prosecution Service said: "This was an act that cruelly cut short the life of an innocent woman.

“Mohammed Durnion killed Reanne and then tried to dispose of her body to escape justice and Adam Moore helped him do it. At no point did either of them show remorse or take accountability for what they had done. Instead, they forced Reanne's family to sit through a trial and relive every detail of what happened to her.

“The Crown Prosecution Service worked closely with police to build a compelling case, including CCTV, phone records, witness testimony, and forensic evidence, that left the jury in no doubt of both defendants' guilt. Our thoughts are with Reanne's family who have shown immense courage and dignity throughout this process. We hope today's verdicts bring some sense of justice to them.”

Both men will be sentenced at a later date.

Building the case

When West Midlands Police and the Crown Prosecution Service began to work on this case together, Reanne Coulson was still a missing person who was presumed dead. At that point, there was suspicion that Mohammed Durnion may have killed her and Adam Moore may have helped in the disposal of the body but no body had been discovered, and the case was still in its infancy.

As each evidential development occurred, from the discovery of Ms Coulson’s body to the painstaking analysis of CCTV footage and phone records, the picture became clearer.

The forensic evidence proved that Ms Coulson suffered head and neck injuries while alive, consistent with a violent assault, directly contradicting Durnion’s claim that she had died from a drug overdose.  The evidence also revealed that burn injuries were inflicted after her death in a deliberate attempt to destroy evidence or conceal her identity.

Phone evidence proved that the morning after Ms Coulson’s death, Durnion contacted Moore to request money, a shovel and a rake. The two men were then captured on CCTV driving in convoy to Binley Woods to bury her body.

Phone evidence proved that Moore was close to the burial site between 4:12pm and 5:19pm on 22 May. Subsequent analysis of soil taken from his trainers confirmed he had been at the burial site. He was either helping Durnion dig the grave with tools he had provided or keeping lookout while Durnion dug. The prosecution's case was that the disposal of Ms Coulson's body must have involved more than one person.

Together, the Crown Prosecution Service and police meticulously pieced together a case demonstrating that Durnion killed Ms Coulson and that his friend and co-defendant Moore helped him conceal her body.