On Monday, jurors were told he killed Brenda, aged 48 at the time, because he 'wanted her out of the way' so he could resume a 'long-standing' affair with his mistress Lorraine Styles. The octogenarian was arrested after the 'skeletal' remains were discovered at the farmhouse he had previously shared with his wife in Kempsey, Worcester. He reported his wife, who was 48 at the time, missing, but no trace of her was found until nearly 40 years later when police found remains, including a skull, as well as a bra and knickers, in a cesspit at their former farmhouse in July 2019.
An 89-year-old retired pig farmer accused of murdering his wife and dumping her body in a septic tank so he could resume an affair with a nurse has blamed serial killed Fred West.ĭavid Venables is alleged to have killed his wife Brenda, and hidden her remains in the tank at their home in Kempsey, Worcestershire, in May 1982.
