Atkins admitted going with Pereira after the murder to sell Mr Shotton’s phone at a Cash Creators shop.
He then cut up Mr Shotton’s body with a saw in a makeshift tent in the garden before burning the victim’s head in a fire, the court heard.
Pereira cleaned their house with bleach to remove traces of the crime, prosecutors said.
Kirsty Gordon, from the Crown Prosecution Service, said: “This was a truly disturbing case which shocked the residents of Bournemouth and its surrounding towns.
“Atkins and Pereira’s cruelty and lack of humanity is laid bare. After Mr Shotton was murdered by Atkins in cold blood over a minor dispute, they robbed him of the dignity of a proper burial.”
Pereira, who was acquitted of murder, previously pleaded guilty to preventing the burial of a corpse.
Atkins previously admitted preventing the burial and perverting the course of justice.
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