Malcolm Webster: wife killer jailed for 30 years

A man who killed his first wife in a car fire and tried to kill the second one in another crash has been jailed for a term of 30 years. Former nurse Malcolm Webster, 52, was found guilty in May of murdering Claire Morris in 1994. He has also denied the charge of attempting to kill his second wife, Felicity Drumn in 1999. He was jailed for a life for the crimes, committed as part of the plot to claim almost $1m in life assurance money. The High Court Judge, Lord Bannatyne said Webster who must serve 30 years in jail before he can apply for parole - had committed cold-blooded, brutal and callous" crimes for financial gain. Ms. Morris's family said Webster was a "monster". Webster was found guilty after Scotland's longest-lasting single accused criminal trial which began on 1 February at the High Court in Glasgow. The jury, of nine women and six men, took less than four hours to find Webster guilty of all the charges, as parts of frauds to obtain hundreds of thousands of pounds in life assurance. The crash in 1994 was treated as an accident and Webster said he has swerved to avoid a motorcyclist. However, the crash was later re-investigated, after concerns in the second crash had aroused. New tests showed that Ms. Morris had traces of drugs in her system. Ms. Drumn, who also suspected that Webster had also been spiking her food and setting fire to their homes, alerting the New Zealand authorities after surviving an accident.  After the crash she realised that he had cheated her on her life savings and was set to gain out a huge payout in the event of her death. Webster then returned to UK. He pretended to have leukaemia, and during the deception he shaved his eyebrows and hair. Reported by, AR                   A man who killed his first wife in a car fire and tried to kill the second one in another crash has been jailed for a term of 30 years. Former nurse Malcolm Webster, 52, was found guilty in May of murdering Claire Morris in 1994. He has also denied the charge of attempting to kill his second wife, Felicity Drumn in 1999. He was jailed for a life for the crimes, committed as part of the plot to claim almost $1m in life assurance money. The High Court Judge, Lord Bannatyne said Webster who must serve 30 years in jail before he can apply for parole - had committed cold-blooded, brutal and callous" crimes for financial gain. Ms. Morris's family said Webster was a "monster". Webster was found guilty after Scotland's longest-lasting single accused criminal trial which began on 1 February at the High Court in Glasgow. The jury, of nine women and six men, took less than four hours to find Webster guilty of all the charges, as parts of frauds to obtain hundreds of thousands of pounds in life assurance. The crash in 1994 was treated as an accident and Webster said he has swerved to avoid a motorcyclist. However, the crash was later re-investigated, after concerns in the second crash had aroused. New tests showed that Ms. Morris had traces of drugs in her system. Ms. Drumn, who also suspected that Webster had also been spiking her food and setting fire to their homes, alerting the New Zealand authorities after surviving an accident.  After the crash she realised that he had cheated her on her life savings and was set to gain out a huge payout in the event of her death. Webster then returned to UK. He pretended to have leukaemia, and during the deception he shaved his eyebrows and hair. Reported by, AR