GUILTY UK - Carol Morgan, 36, murdered in her sweet shop, Leighton Buzzard, 13 Aug 1981 *Arrests in 2019*

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MissUnderstood said:
So the man arrested is Carols husband and new wife?
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Yes, confirmed in this article -

"The husband of a woman shopkeeper who was killed more than 40 years ago has been charged with conspiracy to murder."

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Widower, 73, and woman, 74, charged with 1981 murder of shopkeeper

Allen Morgan, 73,and Margaret Morgan, 74, are charged with conspiracy to murder his wife Carol Morgan (pictured), 36, in Linslade, near Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire, in August 1981.
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Allen Morgan, 73, and Margaret Morgan, 74, appeared at Luton Crown Court accused of conspiracy to murder.

The pair, of Stanstead Crescent, Brighton, were bailed until a plea hearing on 29 August.

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Carol Morgan: Pensioners in court in connection with 1981 murder

The body of Carol Morgan was found 42 years ago at the shop she owned in Bedfordshire.
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Video of the couple walking into court yesterday, in this article.

https://www.itv.com/news/anglia/202...ress-paid-unknown-killer-to-murder-first-wife

[...]

"He said Ms Bunting, now known as Jane Robinson, had a boyfriend at the time who was a known criminal called Danny Mayhew.

The barrister said that Margaret had brought Ms Bunting to a pub in the months before Carol's death, and Allen was there.

He said Allen had speculated whether Ms Bunting knew anyone who could help him kill his wife, and Ms Bunting was "shocked and appalled and she left the pub".

The barrister said Ms Bunting "kept silent about what she heard that night" until 2021."
 
"Allen and Carol Morgan had both been married before they met, with Carol Morgan having sole custody of two children who lived with them in a flat above their corner shop, the court heard.

Allen Morgan's children lived with his ex-wife, Mr Panayi said.

... Allen Morgan took her two children to the cinema in Luton to see a double bill, the prosecutor said.

He added that they had not been due back until almost 11pm, leaving Carol Morgan alone in the shop.

[...]

Mr Panayi said that police found "no sign of any forced entry" and the family's dog, who would normally "have the run of the premises", had been shut into a bedroom."

Married couple on trial accused of arranging murder over 40 years ago of husband's then wife
 
"'Of all the nights a random burglar might come to steal, it was not just a coincidence that he chose the one and only night Carol Morgan had been left alone in the premises.' [...]

Allen was quickly ruled out of any involvement because of his alibi of going to the cinema.

A witness who has since died allegedly said Carol had revealed her children didn't want to go to the cinema and she had not been asked to go along by her husband.

'Given the widely known fact of his affair, it suited his purpose to have a cast-iron alibi,' the prosecutor said.

Margaret's husband had discovered their affair and confronted Allen at the shop, the jury was told. He also gave his wife an 'ultimatum' to decide who she wanted to be with."

more at link

Husband and his married lover paid for shopkeeper to be murdered
 
"Opening the case yesterday, Mr Panayi said Allen had taken several large cash withdrawals out from the bank in the weeks leading up to his wife's death, despite the fact a 'cash business' usually didn't need to take out money.

The prosecution claim he was seen withdrawing £250 from a Nationwide branch on the day of the killing when he told police he had been asleep.

[...]

Details were also given of a letter Allen is said to have written to Margaret in 2019, after they had been arrested, which said: 'Trust works on both sides. If I didn't trust you, you wouldn't be here – and I would not.'

Secret police recordings of the couple were also played to the jury when they were taken in for questioning.

Margaret was heard to say 'Shush', indicating they thought they were being taped. Allen replied: 'I am sorry… I don't want to say anything because they might have…'

In another recording on their way to a police station in July last year, Margaret warned her husband that 'they are probably listening in', prompting him to reply: 'I ain't done nothing. Neither of us have.'

She responded: 'Well, they must have something.'"

a bit more at link

Hitman allegedly 'hired' by couple knew where money was kept
 
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Affair couple accused of murder plot asked friend for help - witness

A trial witness says she was "appalled" when the pair suggested killing the woman in a car crash.
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A couple accused of plotting to kill the man’s first wife asked a friend to help with the alleged assassination, a court heard.
The body of 36-year-old Carol Morgan was found in her shop, Morgan's Store, in Linslade, Bedfordshire, on 13 August 1981.
Allen Morgan, 73, and Margaret Morgan, 75, of Brighton, East Sussex, were having an affair at the time and are on trial accused of conspiracy to murder.
A friend of Margaret, who was 17 at the time, told Luton Crown Court that the pair discussed killing Carol with her that summer.
Jane Bunting said that while at the former Dolphin pub in Leighton Buzzard, Allen asked whether an ex-boyfriend would know anyone who could kill Carol.
She recalled him asking: “What about that Danny Mayhew you went out with. He’s a bit of a criminal, would he know someone?"
 

In court with Allen Morgan​

Laura Foster
BBC News, Bedfordshire
Reporting from
Luton Crown Court

As Allen Morgan’s guilty verdict was announced, he lifted his head to the ceiling and looked up. When the words "not guilty" were read out in relation to Margaret Morgan, she shook her head.
As Mrs Morgan left the courtroom, she did not look back at her husband once.
When Morgan was told he would be remanded in custody until his sentencing – rather than on bail as he has been during the trial - he appeared annoyed.
An officer from Bedfordshire Police said it was a display of the arrogance he had shown throughout the two-month trial.

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Carol Morgan: Husband found guilty of conspiring to murder wife
 
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Four decades of freedom for a husband who plotted his wife's murder

Looking relaxed and without a care in the world, Allen Morgan poses with friends at his golf club.
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But there remains one unsolved mystery.

As Detective Superintendent Carl Foster, who led the cold case investigation, said yesterday: ‘We may never know who carried out the physical act of murdering Carol. However, we will do all in our power to secure new evidence and bring them to justice.’

Carol was found lying in a pool of blood with multiple head wounds in the storeroom of Food Fayre in Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire, on August 13, 1981.

Detective Superintendent Brian Prickett, the lead investigator at the time, said: ‘I have never seen injuries so brutal and sadistic.’

A hunt was launched for the killer, with a photofit issued of a distinctive suspect with a ‘piggy nose’ who was seen in the area carrying two shopping bags stuffed with cash before driving away in a green Ford Cortina.

Around £400 and a large quantity of cigarettes were stolen from the shop which, the prosecution would say in the trial at Luton Crown Court, was intended to make the death look like a robbery gone wrong but probably acted as part-payment for the hit.
 
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