beenjailed for life, for murdering his wife and hiding her body in a septic tank. 89 year old david venables will serve a minimum of 18 years. he killed his wife brenda in 1982, her remains lay undiscovered until july 2019. passing sentence the judge said venables had taken advantage of his wife s depression to create a carefully thought out story. giles latcham was at worcester crown court and sent this report. for nearly 40 years, david venables thought he d got away with it. but to the relief of brenda venables nieces and nephews today, justice finally caught up with him. a police officer read a statement on their behalf. we will never be able to forgive david venables as a family for what he did and for not telling us the truth of what happened to brenda. none of us will ever know how she came to be in that septic tank, and many members of herfamily have died never knowing what happened to her or where she was for all those years. brenda venables disappeared in 1982. it was treate
on the 2nd ofjanuary, up week on week from around 21100 that s a 77% rise. giles latcham has been to russells hall hospital in dudley to see the impact it s having there. like many hospitals, russells hall is at a pinch point, the number of patients here with covid stands at 7a, and that has doubled in the space of a week. the number of staff isolating with covid or other illnesses is running at 12%, and that amounts to a major challenge. we re really keen to keep going with our restoration and recovery plans. at the moment e have managed to do that. but i think if the numbers start to go up more then we re going to have to risk assess and look at what elective cases can t go ahead in our hospital. but at the moment, we are continuing to do everything. my plea to the public will be come to hospital as an emergency only if you need to. but please use the 111 service first.