Man jailed for murdering his wife, 53, is found dead

A MAN jailed for murdering his estranged wife has been found dead in prison.

Paul Martin Jordan was found guilty in May of killing Elizabeth Jordan and was ordered to serve a minimum of 14 years before being eligible for parole.

But the Ministry of Justice has confirmed that the 54-year-old was found dead in custody on Friday.

A Prison Service spokesperson said:

“HMP Altcourse prisoner Paul Martin Jordan died in custody on 6 July, 2018.

“As with all deaths in custody there will be an independent investigation by the Prisons and Probation Ombudsman.”

Jordan had denied murdering the 53-year-old mother of two at her home in Trem y Garnedd in Maesgeirchen on July 31 last year.

Mrs Jordan, who was known as Betty, was pronounced dead in hospital after being found injured in her bedroom.

A pathologist said she died of a single stab wound, delivered with “moderate force” to the upper chest, which penetrated the left lung and the heart. Jordan, a 54-year-old BT worker, had admitted manslaughter by reason of diminished responsibility but was convicted by the jury after a six-day trial.

At the sentence hearing at Caernarfon Crown Court, their children Paul and Clare read victim personal statements in which they described their mother as an “amazing parent whose smile could fill a room in an instant”.

Jailing Jordan, Judge Rhys Rowlands said: “I accept the murder has cast a great shadow over all the family and I am keenly aware that nothing I can say, or sentence I pass, will adequately reflect their loss or the value of their late mother’s life.” seriously