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A 60 year-old man is on trial for murder and his 50 year-old partner for forgery of a will, fraud and perverting (obstructing) the course of justice, in the case of a missing millionairess.
Part time actress, property developer and heiress Janet Brown, age 45, of Hexham, Northumberland, hasn't been seen since she worked on a TV program, Distant Shores, in 2005 and then told friends she was travelling to France with her married lover. She left her labrador dog to be cared for by another boyfriend June 15th, and then just 'vanished off the face of the earth', police say.
Her married lover Donald Graham - who also had another mistress besides Janet at the time - received £300,000 (about US $500,000) from her account, shortly before they were due to catch a ferry to France June 18th. He used it to buy a house for his other mistress, Elizabeth Todd, while still living on a farm in Northumberland with his wife. He lied to both mistresses that he couldn't leave his wife as she was dying of cancer.
Janet was never reported missing. Her parents received sporadic postcards from her from France and Switzerland, but never with any return address. Police say these were really sent by Graham. They were 'befriended' by him and his other mistress Todd, and it was only in 2009/10 when they had both died and their bank became suspicious about activity on their accounts, the search for their missing daughter began.
Police say Graham and Todd had gained access to the parents £300,000 farmhouse and rented it out, as well as their £400,000 life savings. He brought a Porsche and a Ferrari. Despite extensive searches abroad, and digging around her parents old farm, no trace of Janet has ever been found. Neither has she ever tried to claim her inheritance, as her parent's only child.
The trial is ongoing and expected to last 3 months. Anyone with info about missing Janet should call Crimestoppers on 0800-555-111
Murder trial
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/janet-brown-wealthy-heiress-murdered-3517472
Boyfriend admits 17 charges of fraud.
http://www.itv.com/news/tyne-tees/topic/janet-brown/
Graham 'got new girlfriend and wife to pretend to be Janet to defraud her parents'
http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/janet-brown-murder-trial-claim-7099730
Search for Janet
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/missing-janet-brown-police-searching-1834712
Part time actress, property developer and heiress Janet Brown, age 45, of Hexham, Northumberland, hasn't been seen since she worked on a TV program, Distant Shores, in 2005 and then told friends she was travelling to France with her married lover. She left her labrador dog to be cared for by another boyfriend June 15th, and then just 'vanished off the face of the earth', police say.
Her married lover Donald Graham - who also had another mistress besides Janet at the time - received £300,000 (about US $500,000) from her account, shortly before they were due to catch a ferry to France June 18th. He used it to buy a house for his other mistress, Elizabeth Todd, while still living on a farm in Northumberland with his wife. He lied to both mistresses that he couldn't leave his wife as she was dying of cancer.
Janet was never reported missing. Her parents received sporadic postcards from her from France and Switzerland, but never with any return address. Police say these were really sent by Graham. They were 'befriended' by him and his other mistress Todd, and it was only in 2009/10 when they had both died and their bank became suspicious about activity on their accounts, the search for their missing daughter began.
Police say Graham and Todd had gained access to the parents £300,000 farmhouse and rented it out, as well as their £400,000 life savings. He brought a Porsche and a Ferrari. Despite extensive searches abroad, and digging around her parents old farm, no trace of Janet has ever been found. Neither has she ever tried to claim her inheritance, as her parent's only child.
The trial is ongoing and expected to last 3 months. Anyone with info about missing Janet should call Crimestoppers on 0800-555-111
Murder trial
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/janet-brown-wealthy-heiress-murdered-3517472
Boyfriend admits 17 charges of fraud.
http://www.itv.com/news/tyne-tees/topic/janet-brown/
Graham 'got new girlfriend and wife to pretend to be Janet to defraud her parents'
http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/janet-brown-murder-trial-claim-7099730
Search for Janet
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/missing-janet-brown-police-searching-1834712