Retired pig farmer David Venables, 89, has been found guilty of murder after his wife's body was found hidden in a septic tank 37 years after she disappeared
David Venables, who was required to sit in the dock after previously being allowed to sit beside his legal team, remained composed as he was convicted of his wife's murder by a 10-2 majority verdict.
The jury members, who had deliberated for 16 hours and 43 minutes over four days, were thanked for their dedication by the trial judge.The cover of the septic tank at a house in Bestmans Lane, Kempsey, Worcestershire where the female human remains were found on July 12.David Venables, 89, killed his wife Brenda Venables and dumped her body in a septic tank in the grounds of "remote" Quaking House Farm in Worcestershire in May 1982.
The remains were discovered in the underground chamber, in what was once a "rough", overgrown and "secluded " spot, 37 years after she vanished, by contractors, clearing out the tank at the house which had since been sold to Venables' nephew. "It meant he didn't have to travel and risk being seen making a suspicious journey around the time of her disappearance or risk being seen disposing of her body somewhere else.
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