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Wife killer is jailed for minimum of 17 years A Man
arrested whilst fleeing to Ireland after killing his wife has been ordered
to serve a minimum of 17 years in jail.
William Collis, a 60-year-old teacher, strangled Georgina Ryder
the mother of his five children in Merseyside last July, then
drove to Scotland and dumped her body in a loch.
Collis, also known as John Ryder, murdered his estranged wife at her home
so he could start a new life with his mistress Anne Farrell, who he had
rekindled an old romance with on the Friends Reunited website.
He told friends and family that he and Georgina had patched up their
relationship and had gone travelling around Europe in a camper.
The truth was Collis had landed a new teaching post in Welwyn Garden City,
Hertfordshire and moved in with his lover.
Collis was arrested after a nationwide manhunt as he was trying to board
a ferry to Ireland at a port in south Wales he had taken £12,000
of Georgina Ryder’s savings.
Collis confessed to the killing and directed police to Mrs Ryder’s
body near the shores of Loch Ariel in Argyll.
The teacher was ordered to serve a minimum of 17 years in prison before
being eligible for parole. |
