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A former airline pilot who thought he had carried out the “perfect murder” by smashing his car into a tree, killing his estranged wife, has been jailed for a minimum of 24 years.
Iain Lawrence, 53, was torn apart by anger after his wife Sally left him and
began a relationship with another man, and was furious she would receive a
share in their assets when they divorced.
He meticulously planned the time and place of her death, disabling the airbag
in his car before smashing the vehicle, passenger seat first, into a tree on
a quiet country road. He even undid Mrs Lawrence’s seat belt moments before
the crash, ensuring she died of multiple injuries.
Lawrence claimed his leg had gone into spasm as he went round a bend and he
was unable to control the car, but the jury convicted him of murdering his
wife, the 47-year-old managing director of a successful cleaning solutions
company.
Jailing him, Judge Justice Leggatt QC said he had "executed with meticulous
planning and efficiency" a "ruthless and vile" crime and that by removing
his wife's seat belt moments before the crash, had "turned the car into a
machine as lethal as any weapon".
He said Lawrence, a businessman who has held several small company
directorships in his life, had carefully timed the killing to coincide on
the day their 10-year-old son was on a school trip and had deliberately
chosen the spot to allow him to make it look like an accident.
After disabling the car’s airbag, Lawrence had forced or tricked his wife into
getting in. She had previously told friends the relationship had broken down
to such an extent she was worried he would kill her and that she would never
willingly or intentionally get into a car with him.
He added: “However you got her into the car she could not have imagined what was to happen next. As a result of your careful and cold blooded planning, you sustained just a few cuts and bruises while she suffered catastrophic injuries."
Leicester Crown Court heard that after separating the couple had rowed over the division of their assets, including their £300,000 matrimonial home, which they still shared, on the outskirts of Leicester.
After Lawrence had planned the crime, he wore his seatbelt during the fateful journey in Oadby, Leics, which was unusual for him. Mrs Lawrence was known to be “fanatical” about wearing a belt, leading to police believing Lawrence had undone it moments before impact at 52mph.
There was no evidence Lawrence had attempted an emergency stop while he ensured the passenger seat of his Peugeot bore the brunt of the collision.
He added: “However you got her into the car she could not have imagined what was to happen next. As a result of your careful and cold blooded planning, you sustained just a few cuts and bruises while she suffered catastrophic injuries."
Leicester Crown Court heard that after separating the couple had rowed over the division of their assets, including their £300,000 matrimonial home, which they still shared, on the outskirts of Leicester.
After Lawrence had planned the crime, he wore his seatbelt during the fateful journey in Oadby, Leics, which was unusual for him. Mrs Lawrence was known to be “fanatical” about wearing a belt, leading to police believing Lawrence had undone it moments before impact at 52mph.
There was no evidence Lawrence had attempted an emergency stop while he ensured the passenger seat of his Peugeot bore the brunt of the collision.
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