Man 'chopped into pieces by his mum and girlfriend' as body found in bin

A man was believed to bedrugged before being hacked to bits with an axe, with the suspicions falling on the victim's mum and girlfriend. The bloodied remains of 35-year-old Italian man Alessandro Venier were found in a bin at his home near the north-eastern city of Udine. His body had been covered in quicklime to hide the stench.

It is believed he had been dead for days before the police found him. Local media report the suspects - his own mumLorena Venier and his 30-year-old girlfriend - turned themselves in to the police. So far no motive has been revealed. It comes after a woman, 20, was found dead on bus with 26 iPhones glued to her body.

Mr Venier had worked in a low-level role at a local hospital. The women are believed to have drugged him before hacking him to pieces with an axe.

The two suspects and the victim all lived together along with the victim's six-month-old baby daughter.

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The killing has left the neighbours shocked, especially because they can't understand how the man's own mum, a well-liked nurse in the town, could have been involved.

Mr Venier's remains were discovered on Thursday after one of the women called the police. Both suspects were arrested and taken to the local police station.

“Nothing like this has ever happened here before,” said Roberto Revelant, the mayor of Gemona del Friuli, where the killing took place. “It’s a terrible thing, it’s heart-wrenching.” Mr Venier had one day hoped to move to Colombia, the mayor revealed.

The baby has been taken into care. The mayor added: "The whole community is rallying around the baby. We are working with social services to make sure she is safe.”

Investigations are ongoing and charges are expected in the next couple of days.

This comes after the missing head of a decapitated man was handed into police by a student, who was promptly arrested.

The young man reportedly brought the unattached head, which had been wrapped in tin foil, out of his backpack and shocked doctors at the São José Hospital, in Lisbon, Portugal, who quickly called the police. A man's headless body had been found lying in the middle of the street in the centre of the Portuguese capital on Wednesday.

Police launched a murder inquiry after the body was found on Patio Salema, a narrow road near a major tourist site and picturesque square, shortly after 6.45am local time.