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A woman who killed her husband and hid his body in their garden has been jailed for life.
Maureen Rickards, 50, stabbed to death Jeremy Rickards, whom she was married to for 27 years…
Rickards was given a life sentence at Canterbury Crown Court on Wednesday and will serve a minimum of 22 years in jail…
Det Insp Colin McKeen from Kent Police said: “She has never expressed any remorse for what she did and has repeatedly sought to frustrate the investigation and push blame onto others, including the victim himself.”
CPS prosecutor James Fisher said Mr Rickards had been the victim of an “abusive relationship”, with “a pattern of historic abuse”.
“He was a regular drinker in a local pub and they noted he would regularly appear with marks on his face,” he said.
Philip Blunden, area lead on domestic abuse for the CPS, said it was a “misconception” that male victims were rare.
“One in three victims are male, but it is relatively rare to find female perpetrators, less than 10% of our prosecutions involve female perpetrators,” he said.
“Domestic abuse is generally under reported, but there is a particular under-reporting of male victims of domestic abuse.”
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