GUILTY UK - Diane Chenery-Wickens, 48, murdered, East Sussex, 24 Jan 2008

The couple were planning to separate and sell their home in Duddleswell, five miles from where the body was found.

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Chenery-Wickens, 52, showed no reaction as he was sentenced by Mr Justice Cooke to a minimum term of 18 years for the murder of his 48-year-old wife...

For a decade, Mr Chenery-Wickens... was juggling at least 10 lovers. Mrs Chenery-Wickens... ignored rumours of his infidelity, telling friends they were "soul mates" and supporting him financially despite mounting debts. But his deception was revealed when she discovered calls on their phone bill to a mistress and a gay sex chatline. When she confronted him, he lost his temper and she paid with her life...

There had been no attempt to bury the body, which had been partially eaten by animals. Police scientists could not tell exactly how Diane Chenery-Wickens died, but said that she was probably strangled. Her killer had placed her favourite cowboy boots next to her body to suggest she had taken her own life, but forgot to take out the shoe trees inside.

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