Maureen Rickards was convicted of murdering her husband, Jeremy Rickards, 65, by strangulation and stabbing, after hiding his body in the garden. She initially misled family and authorities by claiming he was in Saudi Arabia for work. Despite previous incidents of domestic violence, she maintained her innocence even when confronted with evidence, including CCTV footage of her using his bank card. Her attempts to cover up the crime by directing gardeners to dump grass over his body were key to the investigation, revealing the extent of her deception.
This was a horrific murder of a man who we believe had been a supportive husband to his wife, despite her violence towards him.
Police found no record of Jeremy Rickards leaving the country and found CCTV of Maureen Rickards using his bank card in shops to buy cleaning products.
Rather than being a one-off incident, Maureen Rickards had attacked her husband on a number of occasions before this fatal assault.
When arrested, Rickards kept up the act, asking, what body? He was found to have been strangled, having suffered five stab wounds to his chest.
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