David Venables accused of killing wife, Brenda, in Worcestershire in 1982 in order to continue affair
David Venables, 89, arriving at Worcester crown court.An 89-year-old retired pig farmer who killed his wife so he could continue a longstanding affair hid her remains in a septic tank for nearly 40 years, a court has heard.
Opening the case at Worcester crown court on Monday, prosecutor Michael Burrows QC said the septic tank had been the “perfect hiding place” and had allowed Venables to “get away with murder” for decades. Her remains were discovered 37 years after she went missing, after Venables sold his house on Quaking House Farm, in Kempsey, Worcestershire to his nephew, who had the septic tank emptied in 2019.
Burrows said Venables had wanted his wife “out of the way” so he could continue an affair with Lorraine Styles, whom he had met in 1967 when she was working as a carer for Venables’ mother. “He wanted her out of the way: he wanted to resume his longstanding affair with another woman,” Burrows said. “He knew about the septic tank in its secluded location. It was, for him, almost the perfect hiding place.
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