Businessman Martin Hale ‘listed ways to dispose of murdered wife’

A wealthy businessman has gone on trial for the murder of his wife who vanished without trace almost a decade ago. Maureen Hale's body has never been found, no-one has reported a sighting of her and her bank accounts and credit cards have never been used.

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A jury at Kingston-upon-Thames Crown Court heard that her husband Martin Hale, 51, denies murdering her and disposing of her body. But the court heard that Mr Hale had "an unfortunate habit" of making notes and lists for himself which appeared to suggest that he had been wrestling with the problem of hiding her body...more

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