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Kempsey killer dies in prison

David Venables was jailed for murdering his wife and concealing her body in a septic tank. He died in December 2024 aged 92 in HMP Stoke Heath, Shropshire.

Brenda Venables vanished from the home she shared with her husband David in Kempsey in Worcestershire, in 1982. Her remains weren't discovered until more than 30 years later. David Venables was jailed for a minimum of 18 years in 2022.

Tim Race reports.

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