A killer was only following his partner's plan when he violently attacked a man, mutilated his body and then dumped his remains along a busy train line.

Barrister Emily Clark argued her client Dylan Wyatt, 38, did not hold a grievance towards his victim, Matthew Warrington.

It was instead Kasha McIver, 39, and Brendan Dalton, 54, who formulated the plan to attack him after he let McIver take the blame for his drug stash, Ms Clark said.

McIver and Wyatt have both pleaded guilty in the Victorian Supreme Court to the manslaughter of Mr Warrington, while Dalton was found guilty of the offence at trial.

Wyatt and McIver sneaked into a Chadstone home, in Melbourne's southeast, on July 16, 2023, and killed Mr Warrington during a dangerous and unlawful assault.

Wyatt moved Mr Warrington's bod

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