A former butcher who dismembered his victim then hid the body in a concrete-filled barrel was today jailed for at least 35 years.Farmer Christopher Wright, 73, was convicted of murdering Richard Dyson, 55, who disappeared in 2019, then concealing the body for six years.Mr Dyson, who lived in his car on Wright's land at Hoyland near Barnsley in South Yorkshire, was reported missing by his daughter.The police missing person's inquiry became a murder investigation and last year officers found the concealed body in a barrel on a trailer.Mr Dyson did odd jobs for the farmer but the pair fell out after Wright, an antique firearms collector, suspected him of stealing from him and selling on possessions.Wright shot him in the arm and chest and, over the following days, he dismembered him, bought cement from a builder's merchant then concealed the body parts in a blue barrel.Wright – who was a member of a Spandau Ballet tribute band – then put the barrel in a trailer and persuaded an innocent and unwitting neighbour to store the vehicle.On July 14 last year, officers discovered Mr Dyson's dismembered skeleton in the barrel, and he was identified by his DNA. His body showed evidence of two gunshots – one to his torso and one to his arm. Christopher Wright, 73, was jailed for at least 35 years after being convicted of murderVictim Richard Dyson, 55, was reported missing before the case later became a murder probe Wright's childhood friend Karl Schwalbe (pictured), 72, helped to conceal the crime Officers found the concealed body in a barrel on a trailer on farmland in South YorkshireProsecutor Peter Moulson KC said: 'The dismemberment was - the prosecution submit - carried out with some anatomical or butchery knowledge. Christopher Wright had worked as a butcher in his youth.'He added: 'The prosecution's theory is that he killed him [Mr Dyson] because he suspected he had been stealing antique firearms from him and selling them on.'Wright's childhood friend Karl Schwalbe, 72, was convicted of conspiracy to pervert the course of justice after helping to conceal the crime. He was jailed for three years.Mr Justice Cotter, sitting at Sheffield Crown Court, said Wright must serve life with a minimum term of 35 years less time on remand, and was likely to die in prison.Speaking of what Wright did to his victim, the judge said: 'You had worked as a butcher and were skilled enough to do such a terrible thing, something few ordinary people would have the stomach for.'In her victim's statement, Mr Dyson's daughter Bethany Dainty spoke of not knowing what had happened to her father for so long and that she 'couldn't grieve because I did not know the truth'.She said: 'It has destroyed my life and changed me as a person forever. My dad went missing when I was only 19 years old. At that age, you still need your parents, their guidance, support, love and protection. He was not just my dad, he was my best friend.'We spoke every day and he came to see me every weekend, no matter what was happening in life I knew he would be there. When he didn't turn up, I knew something was wrong. He never turned his phone on silent, it was unnatural.'He was staying with Christopher Wright, who was the last person to ever see him alive. I reported him missing because I knew in my heart something had happened to him.'She added that the case was eventually closed and she had to report Richard missing once again. Police officers found a series of weapons at Wright's home including those pictured above A saw and axe were among the weapons discovered by police at the property near Barnsley An air rifle was also found during searches of Wright's home in South Yorkshire An ID with Wright's name, found in the trailer next to the barrel containing Mr Dyson's remainsMs Dainty said: 'I knew he would never walk away from me and the people he lived. For six years I woke up with the same questions: Is he hurt? Is he cold? Is he waiting for someone to find him? Is he dead?'She described the six years as a 'living nightmare', adding: 'I couldn't grieve but I couldn't move forward because I knew something terrible had happened. I spent years searching for my dad, doing anything I could think of. Everyone else carried on with their lives, mine stayed still... There were days I didn't recognise myself anymore because the pain had taken over my life.'The cruellest part of this is that someone out there knew the truth... Someone watched me for years, knowing what had happened. After years of searching, hoping, begging and suffering I got the answer I feared from the beginning: My dad was never coming home. Knowing what happened haunts me every day.'Those people responsible didn't just take my dad's life, they destroyed an entire family and robbed me of years we will never get back.'I became a mum and it should have been the happiest moments of my life but instead of introducing my baby to her grandad, I had to take her to the cemetery and tell her that's where he is. I will carry this grief for the rest of my life.'After the men were questioned by detectives on one occasion, Wright and Schwalbe were recorded by cameras in a police car park discussing CCTV that officers had gathered.And when police were searching his property, Wright was filmed in a hotel praying for absolution from God and that his weapons would not be found.David Brooke KC, defending Wright, said: 'There is little a defence advocate can say. Two points in mitigation are his age and previous good character. Save for those matters, there is not much I can bring to My Lord's attention.'Christopher Dunn, for Schwalbe, said it was 'an error of Biblical proportions' not to tell the police what happened.He added: 'It is inconceivable to imagine the pain Richard Dyson's family went through hearing the trial. They conducted themselves with quiet dignity in the fact of what must have been immense pain and sorrow.'The court also heard Schwalbe is a 'hard-working and loving husband' who suffers with memory and neurological issues due to an accident in the years before the murder.Wright was convicted of murder, conspiracy to pervert the course of justice, preventing a lawful burial as well as firearms offences.