HMRC said that the charges were brought by the Crown Prosecution Service. Mr Venables appeared at Westminster magistrates’ court on Dec 18 2023 but no plea was entered. The prosecution was first ...

Michael Burrows QC, opening the prosecution case at Worcester Crown Court on Monday, said Mr Venables reported his wife missing at Worcester police station on 4 May that year. A police ...

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David Venables was a pig farmer and well known in the village of Kempsey After that first meeting at Droitwich Winter Gardens, Mr Venables juggled his time seeing her at her home in the tiny ...

Opening the case, prosecutor Michael Burrows QC said Mr Venables, now aged 89, had been in a relationship with his mother's former carer. The Crown alleges Mr Venables, then 49, killed his wife ...