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Pig farmer, 89, who murdered wife and hid body in septic tank is jailed for life
20.07.2022 - 20:51 / dailyrecord.co.uk
A pig farmer has been caged for life after murdering his wife and dumping her body in a septic tank. Retired David Venables, now 89, was found guilty of killing 48-year-old Brenda in May 1982, after rekindling an extramarital affair with his secret lover.
The sentence handed down today Venables means will spend a minimum of 18 years behind bars before seeing freedom - at the potential age of 107. High Court Judge Mrs Justice Tipples today rejected the claim made by Venables’ lawyer that the killer would inevitably die in prison.
Speaking to Venables, the judge said: “I do not accept that your life expectancy must be short.”
Mrs Venables’ remains were found hidden in a tank at her 440-acre former home in Worcestershire in 2019.
The farmer, who was dubbed ‘Dirty David’ by workers after bragging about his sordid affairs, had tried to blame serial killer Fred West, but was convicted by a 10-2 majority verdict last Friday. During the pensioner’s month-long trial, his legal team said West had links to the village of Kempsey, where Mrs Venables disappeared.
They also claimed she may have left her marital home at Quaking House Farm and “either killed herself or met with or encountered someone who wished her harm.” However, the jury of seven women and five men deliberated for almost 17 hours over four days before convicting Venables of murdering his wife on either May 3 or May 4, 1982.
Passing sentence on David Venables, Judge Tipples said he had taken advantage of his wife’s depression to create a “carefully thought-out story” that she had left home in the middle of the night, apparently to take her own life.
The judge told the retired pig farmer that the evidence showed he had used a manhole cover to weigh down his wife’s body. The
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