Carol Morgan: Couple in court over 1981 cold case murder of man's first wife

Carol Morgan died in 1981, aged 36. Credit: Bedfordshire Police.

A man and woman charged in connection with the murder of the man's first wife 42 years ago have appeared in court.

Allen Morgan, 73, and his second wife Margaret Morgan, 74, are accused of conspiracy to murder following a cold case murder investigation by the Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Hertfordshire major crime unit.

The body of Carol Morgan, who was aged 36, was found in her shop Morgan’s Store in Finch Crescent, Linslade, Leighton Buzzard on 13 August 1981.

She had been repeatedly struck with a sharp and heavy weapon.

Several arrests were made at the time of Ms Morgan’s death, and again in 2019, but no one had been charged until now.At Luton Crown Court, Allen Morgan appeared on a video link from Bedford prison and Margaret Morgan on a link from Peterborough prison.They were granted bail by Judge Michael Simon to appear at the court for a plea hearing on 29 August.

Morgan's store was in Linslade, on the outskirts of Leighton Buzzard

Det Supt Carl Foster, leading the investigation, had previously said: "We launched a murder investigation into the cold case of Carol Morgan over five years ago.

"My team have worked relentlessly to piece together the events that led to her untimely death and have explored investigative opportunities available to us in the time that's passed since the 1980s.

"I want to thank our community for supporting the investigation.

"Our cold case unit continues to review every unsolved murder and no murder investigation is ever closed."

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