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Police officer’s sentence for killing lover reviewed by Court of Appeal A WOMANISING married police officer, who strangled his long-term lover after she revealed their affair to his wife, appeared before the Court of Appeal today. Andover-raised police officer, Timothy Brehmer, killed mother-of-two Claire Parry after she sent a text message from his phone to his wife saying: “I am cheating on you.” Mrs Parry, 41, died during a “kerfuffle” in his car in the car park of the Horns Inn in West Parley, Dorset, on May 9 last year. Brehmer, of Hordle, Hampshire, claimed the ma...

Ms Martin QC told the court she had been given instructions from her client, who had said he was willing for the hearing to proceed if he was not able to connect via video. Mr Cray QC told the court that the Mr Justice Jacobs correctly found Brehmer lost control but did not follow through with that fully when passing the sentence. The barrister submitted that Brehmer was "highly culpable". He said: “We say that the overall seriousness of this case was artificially minimised.” The offence was "very close to murder", said Mr Cray QC, adding that the sentence that had been given ri...

Witness tells murder trial how Fiat Punto 'speeded up' before hitting him and Alison McBlain A prosecution witness in a murder trial has told a jury that a Fiat Punto 'speeded up and speeded up' before hitting him and killing his friend. Christian Rivers, 27, took to the stand at Preston Crown Court on Wednesday as the Alison McBlain murder trial entered day three. Ms McBlain 36, was walking with Mr Rivers in King Street, Blackburn, on November 19 2019, when they were hit by the car, which was driven at them in a revenge attack over some stolen drugs. Mr Rivers survived the colli...