Man guilty over faked crash death

A “sex mad” nurse who strangled his wife and tried to make it look as though she died in a car crash has been convicted of murder. Brent Mott, 32, claimed he was acting in self-defence when he throttled Kate, 35, with her own pyjama top during a row...

A “sex mad” nurse who strangled his wife and tried to make it look as though she died in a car crash has been convicted of murder.

Brent Mott, 32, claimed he was acting in self-defence when he throttled Kate, 35, with her own pyjama top during a row over their divorce settlement, Liverpool Crown Court heard.

Mr Mott, who was planning a new life in Australia, then dressed his wife and put her in the family car and staged a crash in a farmer’s field near their home in Southport, Merseyside in Liverpool.

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