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Moment killer followed estranged wife from 'bar to bar' before murdering her
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Moment killer followed estranged wife from 'bar to bar' before murdering her WARNING: DISTRESSING CONTENT Raymond Williams, 61, slashed the throat of Tania Williams outside her home after seeing her with another man during a night out in Norwich A jealous killer who followed his estranged wife on a night out before laying in wait and fatally attacking her has been found guilty of murder. Raymond Williams, 61, slashed the throat of Tania Williams outside her home after seeing her with another...
Moment killer followed estranged wife from 'bar to bar' before murdering her
WARNING: DISTRESSING CONTENT Raymond Williams, 61, slashed the throat of Tania Williams outside her home after seeing her with another man during a night out in Norwich
A jealous killer who followed his estranged wife on a night out before laying in wait and fatally attacking her has been found guilty of murder.
Raymond Williams, 61, slashed the throat of Tania Williams outside her home after seeing her with another man during a night out in Norwich. The 49-year-old mother-of-four was found with severe injuries and significant blood loss close to her home in Thorpe St Andrew, Norfolk.
Despite the best efforts of neighbours and paramedics to save her life, she sadly died.
Williams, who previously served as a Norfolk police community support officer, was found guilty of her murder following a trial at Norwich Crown Court, which heard he had been "consumed with jealousy".
Footage shown to the jury included the last moments of Tania's life and captured her former husband "going from bar to bar" to track her down.
CCTV shows him leaving his flat in shared accommodation in Dereham Road before heading into the city centre. The trial heard Williams approached a man she was with, telling him they were still married and pointing to his wedding ring.
Williams is then seen on CCTV searching for Tania before eventually locating her in Revolucion de Cuba, on Queen Street. Both Williams and Tania can then be seen walking out of the venue and down the street, with Tania appearing to distance herself from him.
As Tania heads in one direction to catch a bus home, Williams is seen jogging down Wensum Street towards where his white Vauxhall Corsa was parked on Fishergate.
Security footage then shows this car parked on Yarmouth Road as he "laid in wait" for Tania, who is then seen on CCTV getting off her bus and walking towards her home in Catherine Gardens.
At 11.30pm, neighbours heard petrified screams, including a female voice saying: "What are you going to do? Kill me?", before Tania was discovered lying on the ground in a "pool of blood".
Two hours later, armed police arrested Williams at his accommodation. By now, he was dressed completely differently after disposing of everything he was wearing earlier in the evening in a bid to avoid forensic detection.
CCTV had captured him acting suspiciously around bins in nearby alleyways. Footage showed him taking off his watch, which had been given to him by Tania, and dropping it down a drain.
Senior Investigating Officer Detective Inspector Sam Pontin said: "This was a thorough and complex investigation involving officers and staff from across the force.
"Thanks to the strength of the evidence presented, the jury was able to reach its verdict and hold Williams accountable for his actions. While no verdict can undo the pain caused by Tania's death, I hope today's outcome provides her family with some measure of justice."
Williams will be sentenced on September 21.
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