Daily Mirror (Northern Ireland)
I never want to see my cheating, murdering dad again
EX-UKIP man who had fling with son’s lover jailed for killing wife
and doing what my mum would want me to do. That is to look after my family and put them first.”
Gary, 44, forgave 39-year-old Anastasia after he discovered her three-month affair with scheming Searle, who pursued her relentlessly until she finally caved in to his sordid demands.
The former Marine had seduced her at the bowling alley where they both worked. Their fling was exposed when
ON KILLER DAD’S PUNISHMENT
Searle’s wife of 45 years, Anne, discovered illicit texts on his phone.
He suffocated the 62-year-old mum-of-three after a row about the relationship at their home in Stowmarket, Suffolk, last December. Searle was found guilty on Tuesday at Ipswich crown court of murder. At sentencing yesterday, Judge Mr Justice Nicholas Green told him: “By your own hands you have brought grief and distress untold upon your family.
“You have deprived your children of the mother that they loved. You have deprived your grandchildren of their grandmother and you have deprived Anne of the remaining years of her life.
“I think that it must go without saying that your actions have caused devastating waves of pain and anguish to crash through your entire family.”
Anastasia said she and Gary are protecting their youngest children from details of the horrific crime.
She added: “My oldest boy knows everything. But all we told our middle son is, ‘Grandad’s been a bad man.’”
Gary has two brothers, Stephen Jr, 29, and 41-year-old Christopher, who have become estranged from him over the affair and trial.
Searle was recently diagnosed with
prostate cancer.