Jacqueline Hoadley, 58, was found dead at her home in Broad Oak Close, Eastbourne, last summer. Her estranged husband Raymond Hoadley, 62, had broken into the £300,000 family home and attacked her as she slept. His greed over their £1 million savings was one of the motives for the killing, as well as jealousy and rage, a court heard. After being found guilty of murder, Hoadley was jailed for life. Jacqueline Hoadley was a prominent disability rights campaigner. She was a former social worker and a loving mother of three adopted disabled children. Jackie Hoadley was murdered at her home in Eastbourne Her sister Sarah Jones gave a statement in court at the sentencing hearing.
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image captionHoadley will serve at least 26 years.
A man who was fixated on money has been jailed for murdering his disability rights campaigner wife.
Raymond Hoadley had been convicted last month of killing devoted and caring Jacqueline Hoadley after he broke into her home in Eastbourne on 5 July.
She had suffered multiple injuries in what a judge described as a brutal and premeditated attack.
Hoadley, 62, was told at his sentencing at Lewes Crown Court that he will serve at least 26 years.
Prosecutor Caroline Carberry QC told the court that Hoadley had had murder on his mind for some time and was motivated in part by financial gain.
Thug obsessed with money murdered wife after making her sign papers making him rich if she died
Money obsessed Raymond Hoadley has been jailed for life after killing Jackie Hoadley in a desperate cash grab.
Raymond Hoadley has been jailed for life after killing his wife (Image: PA)
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