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Gambling addict 'drove over wife'9 March 2009EST SUSSEX, England -- As reported by the BBC: "A civil servant addicted to gambling ran over his wife in an attempt to kill her to avoid losing everything in their divorce, a court has heard. "Martin Hewlett, 45, knocked estranged wife Anne, 36, off her bicycle in Worthing, West Sussex, then drove back over her body, leaving her for dead. "Hove Crown Court was told Mrs Hewlett was badly injured and would be in a wheelchair for the rest of her life. "...Prosecutor Richard Barton told the court Mr Hewlett stole the van and ...turned the van round and deliberately ran over his estranged wife's body as she lay defenceless in the road. "...The couple married in 1994 and had two children but Mr Hewlett kept his finances separate and had a secret 'severe gambling addiction' which led him into 'greater and greater debt' "...Mr Barton said Mrs Hewlett sustained severe "life-threatening" injuries when she was run over..." |