Wayne and Lynda Rickard A couple accused of starving their live-in landlord to death in order to inherit a slice of his £3.5million estate - refused to give evidence in their murder trial, instead putting up a wall of silence, a court heard today.
Banbury couple Lynda and Wayne Rickard moved into High Havens farmhouse in South Newington, owned by James “Anthony” Sootheran in 2006 and, with 62-year-old Lynda as the driving force, they planned to defraud his estate and the estate of his elderly mother Joy, a jury heard. Mother-of-three Lynda Rickard had previously admitted forging the will of pensioner Joy where she was set to gain half of her £1.5million estate.
Wayne and Lynda Rickard A Banbury couple accused of starving their live-in landlord to death in order to inherit a slice of his £3.5million estate - refused to give evidence in their murder trial, instead putting up a wall of silence, a court heard today. Lynda and Wayne Rickard moved into High Havens farmhouse in South Newington, owned by James “Anthony” Sootheran in 2006 and, with 62-year-old Lynda Rickard as the driving force, they planned to defraud his estate and the estate of his elderly mother Joy, a jury heard. Mother-of-three Rickard had previously admitted forging the will of pensioner Joy where she was set to gain half of her £1.5million estate.
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Landlord James Anthony Sootheran The daughter of a millionaire landlord found starved to death had been turned away by his controlling carer the final time she tried to visit him, a jury heard. Retired auctioneer s clerk James Anthony Sootheran weighed 17 stone in his younger years, but his malnourished body was found on March 18, 2014. A jury heard on Friday how the 31-year-old had been banished from her father s home in December 2013, under the pretence that he did not want to see her - according to his carer Lynda Rickard. On what would have been the last time she saw her father alive, the daughter left High Havens Farm in Oxfordshire in tears before receiving a phone call.
Wayne and Linda Rickard at court A millionaire landlord held captive in a foul, unhygienic cell was found starved to death after a controlling carer wanted a slice of his wealthy estate, a jury was told today. Lynda and Wayne Rickard moved into High Havens Farm, South Newington, owned by James “Anthony” Sootheran in 2006 and planned to defraud his estate and the fortunes of his elderly mother, Joy, the court heard. Greedy Lynda Rickard had previously admitted forging the will of 92-year-old Joy where she was set to gain half of the £1.5million estate. Similarly, she conceded she had forged the will of the pensioner s only son Anthony - where she would inherit a third of his £3.5million fortune when he died.