A man returned from a dog walk to find his wife dead outside their home, with her hands bound by cable ties.
Valerie Freer had been callously killed in a brutal knife attack and was stabbed in the neck, an inquest heard. Derek Freer had set off to take the couple's dogs for a walk, leaving the house for around 40 minutes.
But when he got home, he found Mrs Freer - who he had been married to for 46 years - in a pool of blood. She had endured 16 stab wounds, 10 puncture wounds and scratches around the neck, according to her post-mortem.
