Husband attempted to kill wife, use insurance payout to cover gambling debts

[mercurial]

A husband with a secret gambling addiction tried to kill his wife by running her over with a sandwich van - so he could cash in her life insurance policy, a court heard today.

Debt-ridden Martin Hewlett, 45, knocked his wife Anne off her bicycle as she rode home from work one evening - then turned around and ran over her body a second time before driving off and leaving her for dead, jurors were told.

Miraculously, 36-year-old nurse Anne - who is mother to Hewlett's teenage son and daughter - survived the attack.

Hove Crown Court today heard Hewlett had spent months plotting the murder, secretly arranging a life insurance policy in his wife's name that would cover his mounting debts.

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[Slaine73]

I would love to hear them renew their marriage vows......

 

[guest2013-1]

how the hell did he get caught anyway?

van was untraceable to him right? all he did wrong was not to kill her? wtf?

half assed job for a man who probably half asses through life trying to take the quick route out (ala gambling)

 

[Kim_Webchick]

So is this what marriage is all about

 

[guest2013-1]

So is this what marriage is all about

only when 2 people don't love each other