Missing wife murdered

The Razzells were married in 1984

A man has been found guilty of murdering his estranged wife, although her body has not been found.

A jury at Bristol Crown Court returned a unanimous verdict on Glyn Razzell, 44, of Barn Close, Crewkerne, Somerset, after a morning of deliberations.

Linda Razzell, 41, of Carmarthenshire, vanished on her way to work as a learning support assistant at Swindon College, Wiltshire, in March 2002.

The mother-of-four was last seen parking her car in Alvescot Road in the town - her mobile phone was found in a nearby alleyway.

Sentencing Razzell to life, Judge Justice Pitchers said: "You have an obsessive interest in money, and money in some way lay behind what you chose to do.

"You have deprived four young children, who you should have loved and protected, of their mother."

Glyn Razzell had denied his wife's murder

Razzell, an unemployed investment market manager, told the jury that on the day of his wife's disappearance he had been for a walk and went to see his solicitor.

Later he met his girlfriend from work.

He was questioned about CCTV footage from that day, which showed him in clothes which did not match the ones he told police he had been wearing.

He denied attempting to mislead police and said it was a "just a mistake".

All Mr Razzell's journeys that day were done in a silver Renault Laguna, borrowed from a friend.

Earlier in the case, prosecution barrister Michael Parroy QC said traces of blood matching that of Mrs Razzell were found in the boot of the car.

The couple were in the middle of divorce proceedings.

Razzell had denied murder.