Diane Chenery-Wickens Explained

Diane Chenery-Wickens
Birth Name:Diane Gina Wickens
Birth Date:1959 12, df=y
Birth Place:Lambeth, Greater London, UK
Death Place:Duddleswell, East Sussex, UK
Spouse:[1]
Other Names:Di Wickens[2]

Diane Gina Chenery-Wickens (21 December 1959 – 22 January 2008)[3] [4] was an English film and television make-up artist.

Professional career

Diane Chenery-Wickens had worked as a makeup artist for BBC Television for over 20 years. She worked on such shows as The League of Gentlemen, Casualty and Pride and Prejudice. She also won an Emmy Award in 2000 for Arabian Nights, and was nominated for a BAFTA Award in 2003 for Dead Ringers.[5]

Death

On 22 January 2008, Diane discovered a phone bill that showed calls to a mistress and a gay chatline. She confronted her husband, David Edwin George Chenery-Wickens,[6] at their home in Duddleswell, East Sussex. He killed her and dumped her body in a lane in Little Horsted, near Uckfield.[7] Diane was reported missing by David on 24 January 2008, after she had failed to arrive for a BBC meeting in London.[8] Her decomposed body was found by a woman walking her dog on 15 May 2008.[5] [9] David was arrested on suspicion of murder, and was eventually charged in May 2008.[8] He was found guilty of murder at Lewes Crown Court on 2 March 2009 and sentenced to life imprisonment.[10]

On 30 March 2009, the BBC One programme Crimewatch showed a reconstruction of how the crime was solved.[11] In October 2019, the police methods used in the case were examined in the BBC Two programme Catching Britain's Killers: The Crimes That Changed Us.[12]

See also

References

  1. News: Missing BBC make-up artist Diane Chenery-Wickens' husband charged with murder . . 27 July 2020 . 17 May 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090812184835/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1971147/Missing-BBC-make-up-artist-Diane-Chenery-Wickens-husband-charged-with-murder.html . 12 August 2009 . live.
  2. Web site: WICKENS, Di . . 29 July 2020 . http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20100106140433/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/individual/626871 . 6 January 2010 . dead .
  3. Web site: England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1916–2007 . September 1959 . 5c . 1997.
  4. Web site: Di Wickens . . 29 July 2020 . http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20200204155758/https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2bb4ea1d87 . 4 February 2020 . dead .
  5. News: Body confirmed as make-up artist . . 17 May 2008 . 16 May 2008.
  6. Web site: Daily Court Status - Lewes . . 4 August 2020 . http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20090209110949/http://www.hmcourts-service.gov.uk/onlineservices/xhibit/lewes.htm . 9 February 2009 . dead .
  7. News: What made the philandering minister kill his trusting wife? . . 27 July 2020 . 2 March 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130906071431/https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2009/mar/02/murder-chenery-wickens-wife . 6 September 2013 . live.
  8. News: Make-up artist's husband charged . . 17 May 2008 . 16 May 2008.
  9. Web site: Diane Chenery-Wickens . . 29 July 2020 . 29 April 2009 . http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20111013214552/http://www.forensic.gov.uk/html/media/case-studies/f-57.html . 13 October 2011 . dead .
  10. News: Man murdered make-up artist wife . . 17 January 2017 . 2 March 2009.
  11. News: Crimewatch reveals murder clues . . 29 July 2020 . 30 March 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090402131255/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/sussex/7971952.stm . 2 April 2009 . live.
  12. Web site: BBC Two - Catching Britain's Killers: The Crimes That Changed Us, Series 1, Interrogation. BBC.

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