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Mansfield garden bodies murders: Pair jailed for life Mansfield garden bodies murders: Pair jailed for life
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A husband and wife have both been jailed for life for murdering her parents and burying them in their back garden.A husband and wife have both been jailed for life for murdering her parents and burying them in their back garden.
Susan and Christopher Edwards were found guilty of shooting dead Patricia and William Wycherley and burying them at the Wycherleys' home in Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, in 1998.Susan and Christopher Edwards were found guilty of shooting dead Patricia and William Wycherley and burying them at the Wycherleys' home in Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, in 1998.
The bodies lay undiscovered until October last year.The bodies lay undiscovered until October last year.
They were each given a minimum 25-year sentence at Nottingham Crown Court.They were each given a minimum 25-year sentence at Nottingham Crown Court.
The court heard the debt-ridden couple shot their victims at their home on the May Day Bank Holiday, then buried Mr and Mrs Wycherley in a metre-deep hole in their own back garden.The court heard the debt-ridden couple shot their victims at their home on the May Day Bank Holiday, then buried Mr and Mrs Wycherley in a metre-deep hole in their own back garden.
'Hollywood memorabilia'
Over the next 15 years, they stole a total of £245,000 from the Wycherleys by siphoning off their pensions, benefits and selling their home.Over the next 15 years, they stole a total of £245,000 from the Wycherleys by siphoning off their pensions, benefits and selling their home.
A large amount of the stolen money was spent on Hollywood memorabilia, including autographs and photographs of movie star Gary Cooper and a £20,000 signed photograph of Frank Sinatra.A large amount of the stolen money was spent on Hollywood memorabilia, including autographs and photographs of movie star Gary Cooper and a £20,000 signed photograph of Frank Sinatra.
The debt-ridden pair gave themselves up in France in October.The debt-ridden pair gave themselves up in France in October.
Susan Edwards, 56, and Christopher Edwards, 57, had admitted obstructing a coroner in the execution of his duty and theft of a credit balance.
Susan pleaded guilty to manslaughter of Mrs Wycherley, 63, claiming she had been provoked into shooting her mother after she returned home to find she had shot Mr Wycherley, 85.
Both denied murder but a jury unanimously found them guilty on Friday after a two-week trial.
The current occupier of the house in Blenheim Close Sue Bramley has said, despite the bodies being found in her back garden, she and her teenage daughter were determined to stay in their "happy" home.