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Alethea Taylor murder trial: Husband found guilty of murder | |
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An undertaker has been found guilty of killing his wife at their bungalow and disposing of her body. | An undertaker has been found guilty of killing his wife at their bungalow and disposing of her body. |
John Taylor, 61, was given life sentence and was told he must serve minimum of 17 years. | |
He denied murdering his wife Alethea, who was last seen in Orleton, Herefordshire, in January 2012. Her body has never been found. | |
The month-long trial at Worcester Crown Court heard Taylor had been having an affair. | The month-long trial at Worcester Crown Court heard Taylor had been having an affair. |
Taylor had denied prosecution claims that he had changed his story over bloodstains found on their bed. | |
He told the court he accepted he told police that days before his wife went missing, he had found her sitting on her side of the bed, with a "horrendous" nosebleed. | |
Forensic officers did find Mrs Taylor's dried blood, but on her husband's side of the bed, the court heard. | |
Michael Burrows, prosecuting, asked Taylor how he could have a better recollection of the incident now than then. | |
Taylor said it was due to "the pressure at the time, being interviewed". |