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A cheating husband who allegedly murdered his wife and shoved her body in a septic tank where she remained for 37 years claims notorious serial killer Fred West was behind her death.
David Venables, 89, is accused of brutally killing his wife, Brenda so he could rekindle a “long-standing” affair with his mistress in 1982.
The cunning husband “got away with murder” until her skull was discovered almost four decades later in a cesspit in 2019, Worcester Crown Court heard.
Jurors were told the “skeletal” remains were found at the farmhouse he had previously shared with Brenda in Kempsey, Worcestershire and he was subsequently arrested.
It has been reported that Venables disposed of her body in the septic tank because it was the “perfect hiding place.”
On Tuesday (June 14) the jury were told how he had already prepared a written statement when police officers arrested him on July 30, 2019.
He suggested Fred West, who killed at least 12 people between 1967 and 1987 in neighbouring Gloucestershire, could be linked to Brenda’s disappearance, reports Gloucestershire Live.
In the note, he also claimed his wife just disappeared one morning after they had spent the previous night watching the Falklands War unfold on TV.
Prosecutor Michael Burrows QC read extracts of the statement to the jury, which said: “The evening before we had been watching television about the invasion of the Falkland Islands. We discussed money which we would require for our holiday in Europe. I thought that a holiday would be beneficial for Brenda.
“We went to bed at 10.30pm and about 6.30am I woke up and she wasn’t there. I’d assumed she’d gone downstairs to make some tea. After a short while she didn’t appear.
