The case was thrown into the spotlight in 2013 when builders converting the former Newark Police Station found a bag of evidence containing bicycle handlebars. When they were arrested at St Pancras, their luggage amounted to just a few worn suitcases. Please could you notify the UK Border Force at Lille Europe so that they may expect us.". They did not live a lavish lifestyle, but instead splashed out thousands of pounds on Hollywood memorabilia, including signed photos and autographs of Gary Cooper, and stamps featuring Frank Sinatra. Leila Borrington, who fractured the arm of Harvey Borrington, will be sentenced next month. In fact over just two years, Christopher Edwards spent 14,000 on mementos of movie star Cooper. We also may change the frequency you receive our emails from us in order to keep you up to date and give you the best relevant information possible. Two men were charged with his murder but were acquitted at Nottingham Crown Court on 7 March 1991. The court also heard that Kevin Childerley's wife had a criminal record for theft and deception involving thousands of pounds over a ten-year period until 1987. Police also said the female remains had a distinctive feature in their anatomy - understood to be a spinal condition - which Patricia Wycherley was known to have. "The discovery in their former garden last week may be the reason why. A bullet was found lodged in Mrs Wycherleys spine. He was right. Search must begin with a year to activate, current year will default, edit to suit your requirement. But a police spokesman later said they had been forensically tested and eliminated as the murder weapon. Enter the tag you would like to associate with this record and click 'Add tag'. Or by navigating to the user icon in the top right. The house had been sold since the Wycherleys disappeared, and police quickly ruled out any involvement from the new owner and tenant of the house. View the catalogue description for. Eventually, the couple would end up stealing some 286,285 from their victims. They did this by diverting the Wycherley's pensions and benefits to themselves, and they even applied for loans and credit cards in the dead couple's name. SWEPT away by the American soldiers who filled Wollaton Park in the months before D-Day in June 1944, Joan Smith was just a teenager when she met her future husband Clarence Maschek. It was on October 9, 2013, that the bodies of Mr and Mrs Wycherley were discovered in the garden of the house in Blenheim Close. If you provide contact details, we will be in touch about your request within 10 working days. With the Wycherleys gone, the Edwardses set about covering up their cold-blooded crime in a deceit which would last 15 years. see Mansfield & Sutton Recorder - Thursday 17 May 1990, see Mansfield & Sutton Recorder - Thursday 01 March 1990, see Mansfield & Sutton Recorder - Thursday 28 February 1991, see Mansfield & Sutton Recorder - Thursday 07 March 1991, [**NEW January 2021**] not all cases are tagged. Kevin Childerley's wife had said that she remembered waking up to see the 32-year-old man with his hand over Kevin Childerley's mouth and striking out at him. Mob: 07962 234 057. And in a 2011 Christmas card sent to relatives about her parents' travels in Ireland, Susan said it "is good to see them with such zest". She didnt.. However, they said that tests would have to be carried out to confirm their identities. A letter sent by Susan Edwards in 2007 saying her parents were travelling around Ireland. They settled in South Dakota, where they remained for several years before Mrs Maschek returned to the city alone to move into a bedsit in Douglas Road, Lenton. But the appeal bid was rejected by three of the country's most senior judges. The 37-year-old disappeared after a night out in Nottingham on Saturday, April 28, 2007. It's rare in these days of advanced DNA techniques and blanket CCTV coverage for serious crimes to go unsolved for very long. This means that we may include adverts from us and third parties based on our knowledge of you. Mrs Edwards wrote to relatives in 2007, explaining that her parents had decided to sell the house and were touring Ireland "because of the good air" and might decide to settle there permanently. They had had two small children who had been in the house at the time of the attack. She said that there was another person standing behind the 32-year-old man and that when she tried to sit up she was struck on the head. Just over three hours later, his body was found in the driver's seat at the former Gedling Colliery sports field in Lambley Lane. A knife found nine days later in a ditch in Radcliffe Road provided the only clue when traces of blood and Mr Wilson's suit were discovered in its sheath. Speaking about the Sky Original drama, Thewlis said: "This is without doubt the very finest project I have worked on for many years. A 30,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and subsequent conviction of David Draycott's murder still stands. The house in Blenheim Close and (inset) Susan Edwards and Christopher Edwards. Including breaking news, reports from Nottingham Crown Court and in-depth features. At some point, she threw the gun on the bed. A couple, presumed by the neighbours to berelatives, appeared every few weeks to check up on the house and mow the lawn. Police outside the house in Blenheim Close, Inspector Mark Webster addresses the media. Crime Statistics for Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, Nottinghamshire. Her right eye was so badly damaged that it had to be removed. Landscapers premieres on Sky Atlantic and Now TV on Tuesday 7 December at 9pm. But she was dramatically freed by the Court of Appeal in 1998, when her conviction was declared unsafe. 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A jury of eight women and four men took six hours to convict unanimously Susan and Christopher Edwards of murder. There was also a 20,000 signed photograph of Sinatra. But to begin with there was no hard evidence of who they were. On the first working day after the killings, Susan swiped 40,000 from her parents' accounts. The evening before Mr Wilson's death was a busy one. This record is closed and cannot be viewed or reproduced as a digital or printed copy. Three days later, they were charged with murder. Does equity release affect inheritance tax? He and his family had only lived in Sherwood Street for the previous five months. It was also stated by the prosecution that the 27-year-old man had admitted playing a part in the murder and to having driven the 32-year-old man to Kevin Childerley's house in Sherwood Street. Peter Williams, 19, was jailed for 22 years after being convicted of murder. She had been bludgeoned to death. The version of events told by Edwards, now 56, was all but identical to that told by her husband Christopher. Save over 50% on a Saga Magazine subscription. Which was, indeed, what had happened. a town that lies within striking distance of Nottinghamshire's former coalmines, was a student . She closed the accounts, and opened a new joint account in the name of herself and her mother (giving Mrs Wycherley's address for correspondence). But once there, they continued to struggle for money. An argument developed during which Susan Edwards claimed her mother told her she had had a sexual relationship with Christopher - Susan's husband - in 1992. We continue to look into any new information surrounding these crimes. So, I dont buy that this could have been a spur-of-the-moment crime. He was stabbed 14 times at the base of his skull as he walked the family's pet dog, Blackie, in the early hours of. National News. They raised 5,000 from selling books and other items, borrowed 10,000 from work, and fled to live in an apartment in Lille. He watched Nottingham Forest secure a 3-0 win over Watford that afternoon before welcoming customers to his Sneinton pub the Fox and Grapes. Mr Draycott had just pulled up outside his Sutton-in-Ashfield home in a black Mercedes when he was shot ten times at about 9.15pm on October 7, 2002. League Two. Kent-born Mr Coniam had driven HGVs since 1988 and was an agency driver for several companies in Notts and Derbyshire, making regular runs to Italy, Spain and the Netherlands as well as domestic work. As always you can unsubscribe at any time. The 33-year-old, of Bulwell, was killed by a single bullet to the back of her head as she left The Drum, in Ilkeston Road, on November 9, 2002. When she asked why they had gone to France, he told her what had happened, though he claimed his wife had shot her mother. Please could you notify the UK Border Force at Lille Europe so that they may expect us.". However, his wife said that she did recieve 'funny phone calls' on the weekend before the murder. They were each handed a life sentence with a minimum of 25 years. 2. Police believe Brodie was killed by criminal associates after the robbery went tragically wrong. Just over two decades ago Susan and Christopher Edwards shot the former's parents dead on a quiet cul-de-sac in Mansfield. Most bizarrely, perhaps, they had spent much of the stolen money on Hollywood memorabilia, which they bought and sold, including 14,000 on autographs of Gary Cooper and 20,000 on a signed photograph of Frank Sinatra. We use your sign-up to provide content in the ways you've consented to and improve our understanding of you. But someone, it was clear, had sold it. And for 15 years, the Edwards had pretended the elderly couple were still alive as they stole their money, sold their house - and even sent fake Christmas cards to relatives to keep up the pretence. "He spoke to her solicitor who said she was a very shy, gentle, well-read, [a] nice woman. Let us know. In 2011, Mr Wycherleys niece received a Christmas card from Susan insisting that her father was having his second youth. THE body of lorry driver Kevin Coniam was dumped in the back of his gold Volvo Estate in a lonely spot near Mansfield. If the record can be opened, it will be made available for public access and for copies to be made. "Its staggering to think that's what they spent their money on, but that's what they did.". Forest Town is a former mining village on the outskirts of Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, England.After continuous development it is no longer a separate entity, nowadays being simply an area within Mansfield. She went out into the street to find the body of Mr Landa on the pavement yards away from his cab. Investigators would later argue the Edwardses had been motivated to carry out their crime by two things: money and revenge. In the documentary A Murder in Mansfield, airing on Investigation Discovery on November 17 at 9 p.m., Collier Landry (he now uses his middle name as his last name)confronts his imprisoned. Detectives sought to contact Susan. Note: The naming of a defendant within this catalogue does not imply guilt Date: 1976-1980 Held by: The National Archives, Kew: Former reference in its original department: 1156/76: Legal status: A jury of eight women and four men dismissed the couple's story and took just over six hours to unanimously convict them of murder. Read tagging guidelines. Gladys Godfrey was killed at her home on the Ladybrook estate in Mansfield in September 2002. A jury at Nottingham Crown Court found the pair guilty of murder just over 16 years after they committed their crime. The 62-year-old's attacker walked into Yeomans Army Stores, in Mansfield Road, at about 2.15pm on Friday, July 26, 1991 and hit her around the head with something like a hammer or a bottle. 53.125N 1.301W. December 2021 was also a bad month for Mansfield residents, when it was Nottinghamshire's most dangerous major town for burglary, recording 28 crimes at a rate of 0.34 per 1,000 residents. Officers think Mr Landa picked up the customer before driving to Cyprus Road, about a mile away. Convicted. Susan said she found her father on the floor in her parents bedroom and her mother holding a revolver. But eventually their elaborate web of lies unravelled and they handed themselves in to cops in Lille after fleeing to France. . At about 11pm, Mrs Wilson heard a knock on the door but no one was there. Nottinghamshire Police and Crime Commissioner Caroline Henry has recently taken over as regional lead for serious organised crime (SOC) with East Midlands Specialist Operations Unit (EMSOU . "We have yet to formally identify the remains and so cannot say with 100 per cent certainty who we have found, but its not a great leap to imagine it might be the Wycherleys.. They go right back to the 1960s - with three cases from that decade yet to be solved - and peak during the early 2000s when the city was in the grip of gun and gang crime. 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