A stripper decapitated her lover's Star Wars-obsessed disabled son "like a chicken" after having sex with him in exchange for drugs and money, a court heard.

Roena Cheryl Mills, 43, bludgeoned Bo White, 29, until he was unconscious and then cut off his head with kitchen knives and stabbed him repeatedly.

After the gruesome murder, she went through the dead man's pockets to get pills and cash, dumped his head in a forest and sent a text message to a friend, saying: "Let's party."

Mills met Mr White while she was in a years-long sexual relationship with his lorry driver father, James, who met her when she was working as a stripper at the Southern X-Posure club.

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Mills, from the US town of Rural Retreat, Virginia, was found guilty of first-degree murder.

She could be sentenced to life in prison for the killing on April 1, 2018.

Mr White's headless body was found in his home in Lerona, West Virginia.

His head was later discovered in a wooded area, the Register-Herald reported.

George Sitler, prosecuting, told the jury that Mills was a drug addict, WVNS-TV reported.

Mr Sitler said Mr White was "an awkward, sickly shut-in who didn’t have a real life", and was taken advantage of by Mills.

The court heard that she would have sex with Mr White in exchange for cash and pills that he was prescribed.

Mr Sitler said: "His father had introduced him to a manipulative woman.

"She knew Bo had a pocket full of pills and a pocket full of cash."

Mr White received disability benefits and loved playing with Star Wars figures.

On his last night alive, Mills sent him a text message to arrange an encounter.

She wrote: "I’m trying to get my things. Give me a few minutes."

The court heard that Mills asked to borrow gasoline and a chainsaw from a man after the killing. The man refused.

Mr Sitler said Mills used "cheap kitchen knives" to cut off Mr White's head.

He compared the grim act to cutting up a chicken.

Mills denied murder and claimed Mr White was killed by his father out of jealousy.

But jurors rejected her defence and convicted her of murder.

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