Scales of justice

Husband in court over wife's murder

Updated 13.15 Thu Jun 19 2008
Keywords: thames ditton, kingston-upon-thames, maureen hale, martin hale, courts, crime, britain

A businessman has appeared in court charged with murdering his wife nearly nine years ago.

Martin Hale, from Thames Ditton, Surrey, is accused of killing mother-of-five Maureen Hale, who disappeared in June 1999.

Martin Hale, from Thames Ditton, Surrey, is accused of killing mother-of-five Maureen Hale, who disappeared in June 1999

Hale, 51, was remanded into custody at Kingston upon Thames Magistrates' Court in south west London.

He will reappear at the same court on September 25.

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