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Banbury murder-accused 'cancelled daughter's visits' to victim

Banbury murder-accused cancelled daughter s visits to victim Published image captionLynda and Wayne Rickard are accused of murdering their wealthy landlord A woman accused of starving her millionaire landlord to death cancelled his daughter s visits and kept her locked out of his home, a court heard. Anthony Sootheran s body was found at High Havens Farm, near South Newington, Oxfordshire, in March 2014. Lynda Rickard, 62, isolated and controlled the 59-year-old as part of a plan to steal his fortune, Reading Crown Court was previously told. She and her husband Wayne Rickard, 66, both from Banbury, deny murder. Mrs Rickard, who previously lived at the farm, admits forging wills in the names of both Mr Sootheran and his mother, Joy, as well as spending tens of thousands of pounds of their money, the jury has heard.

Oxfordshire millionaire 'in thrall' to murder-accused tenant

James Sootheran murder trial: Couple starved live-in landlord to death, court hears

Victim Anthony Sootheran A GREEDY husband and wife starved their live-in landlord to death in order to inherit a third of his £3.5 million estate after his will was forged, a jury heard today. Banbury couple Lynda and Wayne Rickard moved into a multi-million pound farmhouse near South Newington owned by James ‘Anthony’ Sootheran in 2006. With 62-year-old Lynda as the driving force, they planned to plunder his estate and that of his elderly mother Joy, a court heard. Mother-of-three Rickard had previously admitted forging the will of Mrs Sootheran - where she was set to gain half of her almost £1.5 million estate.

Carer and her husband starved their 17-stone live-in landlord, 59, to death, court hears

12:57 EDT, 14 April 2021 19 shares A carer and her husband  starved their live-in landlord to death in a bid to inherit his £3.5 million estate, a jury heard on the second day of their re-trial. The skeletal body of James Anthony Sootheran, who once weighed 17 stone, was found on March 18, 2014, in his bedroom in Oxfordshire. Lynda, 62, and Wayne Rickard, 66, were arrested and jointly charged with murdering the 59-year-old former auctioneer s clerk.  Today, the couple watched as prosecutor Oliver Saxby QC told a jury at Reading Crown Court that the case is casual, opportunistic greed . The Rickards moved into High Havens farmhouse in the village of South Newington, Oxfordshire, in late 2006.

Banbury couple 'starved millionaire to death to steal his fortune'