Mansfield garden bodies murders: Susan Edwards to appeal

Susan Edwards was given a minimum 25-year sentence for murdering her parents

A woman jailed for life for murdering her parents and burying them in their back garden has launched an appeal against the length of her sentence.

Susan and Christopher Edwards were convicted last year of the 1998 murders of Patricia and William Wycherley, who they buried in Mansfield.

They were each given a minimum 25-year tariff at Nottingham Crown Court.

Susan Edwards' appeal is due to be heard by three judges at the Court of Appeal on Thursday.

It was reported that her husband Christopher, 58, had launched an appeal but the CPS said it had no record of him doing so.

Before the trial, police released photos of William Wycherley. Police said they were unable to source a picture of Mrs Wycherley.

The couple shot Mr Wycherley, 86, and Mrs Wycherley, 63. at their home before burying them in a metre-deep hole in their own back garden in 1998, where they lay undiscovered until 2013.

In that time they stole £245,000 from the Wycherleys by siphoning off their pensions and benefits and selling their home.

A large amount of the stolen money was spent on Hollywood memorabilia, including autographs and photographs of movie star Gary Cooper and a £20,000 signed photograph of Frank Sinatra.

The debt-ridden pair gave themselves up in France in October.

During their trial at Nottingham Crown Court, the judge Mrs Justice Thirlwall accepted "on balance" Mrs Edwards, 56, had been sexually abused by Mr Wycherley as a child and that had formed the basis of her hatred for her father.

The Wycherleys' bodies were found in the back garden of their home in Mansfield