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The trial of a former Mr Gay UK, charged with murdering and cannibalizing another man, has riveted the British press. "Mr Gay UK 'stabbed man to death and cooked his thigh with herbs and olive oil'" blared the Telegraph, while the Mirror lured readers with "Cannibal 'came at me with a cleaver.'"

The current trial of Anthony Morley, 36, winner of the 1993 Mr Gay UK title, follows his arrest in April on charges that he murdered Damian Oldfield, 33, identified by some sources as a lover of Morley's.

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Prosecutor Andrew Stubbs alleges that Oldfield was repeatedly stabbed by Morley in his Leeds home. "[F]rom a chopping board on one of the kitchen units, six pieces of cooked flesh, which had been seasoned with fresh herbs and fried in olive oil were recovered. The flesh was human in origin," Mr Stubbs said. "A further piece of cooked flesh, which appears to have been chewed, was recovered from a bin bag in the kitchen," Stubbs told the court.

Stubbs says Morley appears to have been "troubled" by his sexuality.