Murderer who crashed on his way to dump the body of his cancer-sufferer lover tried to strangle his estranged wife 22 years earlier

A property developer who murdered his cancer-sufferer lover attempted to strangle his estranged wife in a strikingly similar attack 22 years earlier.


John Doyle, 54, put Sian Rees's corpse in the front seat of his van and set off to dump the body – only to be caught when he crashed into a hedge near their home.

The killer was today sentenced to life in prison after he was found guilty of strangling and stabbing Miss Rees the night she came home following major surgery for breast cancer.

Now it has been revealed that Doyle had previously assaulted his estranged wife Gina, savagely beating her and her boyfriend in Australia in 1989.      More Read