Diane Chenery-Wickens

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Diane Chenery-Wickens
Born
Diane Gina Wickens

(1959-12-21)21 December 1959
Lambeth, Greater London, UK
Died22 January 2008(2008-01-22) (aged 48)
Duddleswell, East Sussex, UK
Other namesDi Wickens[1]
Spouse
David Edwin George Chenery-Wickens
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(m. 1997)​
[2]

Diane Gina Chenery-Wickens (21 December 1959 – 22 January 2008)[3][4] was an English film and television make-up artist.

Professional career

Diane Chenery-Wickens had worked as a makeup artist for

Dead Ringers.[5]

Death

On 22 January 2008, Diane discovered a phone bill that showed calls to a mistress and a gay chatline. She confronted her husband, David Edwin George Chenery-Wickens,[6] at their home in Duddleswell, East Sussex. He killed her and dumped her body in a lane in Little Horsted, near Uckfield.[7] Diane was reported missing by David on 24 January 2008, after she had failed to arrive for a BBC meeting in London.[8] Her decomposed body was found by a woman walking her dog on 15 May 2008.[5][9] David was arrested on suspicion of murder, and was eventually charged in May 2008.[8] He was found guilty of murder at Lewes Crown Court on 2 March 2009 and sentenced to life imprisonment.[10]

On 30 March 2009, the BBC One programme Crimewatch showed a reconstruction of how the crime was solved.[11] In October 2019, the police methods used in the case were examined in the BBC Two programme Catching Britain's Killers: The Crimes That Changed Us.[12]

See also

References

  1. ^ "WICKENS, Di". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 6 January 2010. Retrieved 29 July 2020.
  2. ^ "Missing BBC make-up artist Diane Chenery-Wickens' husband charged with murder". The Telegraph. 17 May 2008. Archived from the original on 12 August 2009. Retrieved 27 July 2020.
  3. ^ "England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1916–2007". September 1959. p. 1997.
  4. ^ "Di Wickens". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 4 February 2020. Retrieved 29 July 2020.
  5. ^ a b "Body confirmed as make-up artist". BBC News. 16 May 2008. Retrieved 17 May 2008.
  6. Her Majesty's Courts Service. Archived from the original
    on 9 February 2009. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
  7. ^ "What made the philandering minister kill his trusting wife?". The Guardian. 2 March 2009. Archived from the original on 6 September 2013. Retrieved 27 July 2020.
  8. ^ a b "Make-up artist's husband charged". BBC News. 16 May 2008. Retrieved 17 May 2008.
  9. ^ "Diane Chenery-Wickens". Forensic Science Service. 29 April 2009. Archived from the original on 13 October 2011. Retrieved 29 July 2020.
  10. ^ "Man murdered make-up artist wife". BBC News. 2 March 2009. Retrieved 17 January 2017.
  11. ^ "Crimewatch reveals murder clues". BBC News. 30 March 2009. Archived from the original on 2 April 2009. Retrieved 29 July 2020.
  12. ^ "BBC Two - Catching Britain's Killers: The Crimes That Changed Us, Series 1, Interrogation". BBC.

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