Shropshire Star

Undertaker on trial for murder of Alethea Taylor

An undertaker was due to go on trial today at Worcester Crown Court accused of murdering his wife, whose disappearance sparked a major police search along the Shropshire border.

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John Taylor, 61, of Mortimer Drive in Orleton, near Ludlow, denies murdering his wife Alethea, 63, between January 17 and January 20 last year.

Her body has never been found.