Lower Tysoe News Today

THE following death notices were published in the Evesham Journal this week.

A woman who controlled, exploited, defrauded and then ultimately starved to death her live-in landlord to try and inherit his £3.5m estate, has…

Lynda Rickard is jailed for 28 years for killing Anthony Sootheran to steal from his £3.5m estate.

By Press Association 2021 Lynda Rickard A woman who forged the will of a wealthy landowner before starving him to death to inherit a slice of his £3.5 million fortune has been jailed for life. Carer Lynda Rickard, 62, was found guilty of murdering former auctioneer’s clerk James Sootheran, known as Anthony, 59, at his property, High Havens Farm in the village of South Newington, Oxfordshire, in March 2014. She had been paid £47,000 a ...

A WOMAN has been convicted of the murder and defrauding of her live-in landlord. Lynda Rickard, aged 62, of Edinburgh Close, Banbury, was today convicted of the murder of James Anthony Sootheran, known as Anthony, in South Newington, near Banbury. Mr Sootheran was controlled, isolated, and defrauded before he died at High Havens Farm, South Newington, with Rickard’s intention being to inherit Mr Sootheran’s estate which was valued at approximately £3.5 million. Rickard was on t...

Anthony Sootheran lost a third of his body weight in his final months and was denied medical help.

A carer who deliberately starved her live-in landlord to death to inherit a slice of his multimillion-pound estate was convicted of murder today after his skeletal body was found next to a plate of McDonalds. Lynda Rickard and her husband Wayne moved into a Oxfordshire farmhouse set on 60 acres of land owned by James Anthony Sootheran in 2006.  The 62-year-old cared for his aging mother Joy Sootheran, but despite receiving £47,000 a year in her role, she soon started using the womans money as...

A CARER starved her millionaire landowner to death in a bid to inherit his £3.5million fortune after his body was discovered next to a bag of McDonal

Wayne and Lynda Rickard A couple accused of starving their live-in landlord to death in order to inherit a slice of his £3.5million estate - refused to give evidence in their murder trial, instead putting up a "wall of silence," a court heard today. Banbury couple Lynda and Wayne Rickard moved into High Havens farmhouse in South Newington, owned by James “Anthony” Sootheran in 2006 and, with 62-year-old Lynda as the driving force, they planned to defraud his estate and the estate of his ...

Wayne and Lynda Rickard A Banbury couple accused of starving their live-in landlord to death in order to inherit a slice of his £3.5million estate - refused to give evidence in their murder trial, instead putting up a "wall of silence," a court heard today. Lynda and Wayne Rickard moved into High Havens farmhouse in South Newington, owned by James “Anthony” Sootheran in 2006 and, with 62-year-old Lynda Rickard as the driving force, they planned to defraud his estate and the estate of h...