21/03/2014

Couple Admit Burying Parents In Garden

Susan Edwards, 55, and her husband Christopher, 57, have admitted burying her parents in the back garden of their home 16 years ago.

They denied murdering Mr and Mrs Wycherley in a earlier court hearing.

The daughter and the son-in-law have pleaded guilty of obstructing a coroner in the execution of his duty by burying the bodies of William and Patricia Wycherley sometime between 2 and 10 May in 1988.

The pair also admitted a charge of theft of a credit balance from a bank account between May 4, 1998 and October 31, 2013.

Police launched an inquiry after discovered the remains in the garden of the home in Blenheim Close, Forest Town last October, nearly 16 years later the couple disappeared.

Post-mortem examinations revealed that they had been shot.

Mr and Mrs Edwards have been remanded in custody until the trial which begins on June 4.

(CVS/CD)

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