THIS is the moment a murderer caught burning his blood-soaked clothes on a barbecue tells cops “yeah, fair enough” as he’s arrested for kicking his neighbour to death.
Martin Montgomery, 31, was caught outside a friend’s house after an argument with Nigel Mazs, 59, escalated.
Footage caught on police body cams shows Montgomery, from Great Yarmouth in Norfolk, step outside the back gate of a courtyard behind a row of terrace homes.
As plumes of smoke rise from the glowing fire behind him, Montgomery replies “yeah, fair enough” to the news he’s under arrest.
The cop reads his rights and Montgomery nods before adding: “Can I pick my phone up please boss.” The officer responds “we’ll sort all that out in a minute”.
Another clip shows a blackened barbecue in the back garden. Talking out the scene in front of him the cops says: “He’s clearly burning clothing in the back garden which we’ve had to put out as well.”
The murderer was found guilty by a jury at Norwich Crown Court following a nine-day trial on Friday, November 22.
During a heated row Montgomery shouted at Mr Mazs’ and accused his friends of taking drugs in a communal stairwell, a jury heard.
In a blaze of fury Montgomery kicked Mr Mazs in the face, causing him to fall backwards and hit his head.
Mr Mazs became unconscious and began bleeding heavily but managed to flee with the help of his friends.
An hour later, Mr Mazs’ friends called an ambulance and he was taken to hospital.
He was placed into an induced coma at Addenbrooke’s Hospital in Cambridge after the discovery of a brain haemorrhage.
But he never regained consciousness.
He died 13 days later on December 22 last year.
Montgomery denied murder but admitted to manslaughter.
After an hour of debate, the jury came to a unanimous verdict.
The murderer will be sentenced on Tuesday.
Detective Inspector Alix Wright who led the investigation said: “This was an unprovoked assault and the way that Montgomery showed no concern for his victim, a man he did not know, and continued to taunt and threaten him even after he had suffered such a catastrophic injury shows he is a dangerous individual who should be off the streets.”
