Millionaire Charged

A retired Texan millionaire, Harold Landry, is standing trial on charges of killing his wife at their country home.

The 63 year-old is due appear before Worcester Magistrate's Court on Friday.

He is accused of the murder of his wife, Lucy, 38, at their five-bedroom home in Besford, Worcs.

Mrs. Landry was found by neighbors yards from the home the couple shared with their daughter, seven, and Mrs. Landry's 14-year-old son by a previous marriage.

She died in a neighbor's arms at 11:45 p.m. Monday night after she fell into his garden hedge with a kitchen knife embedded in her side. The children are believed to have been in the house at the time.

Mr. Landry, who has four adult children in America, recently returned to the house after a three-week break, according to neighbors.

He made his fortune designing hydraulic cranes on oil rigs in Texas. He had a house in Mexico and offices in Brazil. He was believed to have met his wife on the internet in 2000 while she researched a degree in town planning.

Close friend Rachel Clarke said, ``Harold gave Lucy money to move out and rent a place but she put it toward legal costs in the separation.''

백만장자와 결혼 영국아내 남편에 피살

은퇴한 백만장자와 결혼한 영국인 아내가 난자당한 채 자기 집 정원에서 발견됐다.

범인은 바로 남편이라고 외신은 전했다.

루시 랜드리 (38)라는 이 여성은 도시계획학을 연구하던 학생이었다. 그녀는 2000년 온라인 채팅을 하던 중 은퇴한 미국 텍사스 출신 기술자인 해럴드 랜드리 (63)를 만나 2년 뒤 결혼했다.

결혼 후 영국 우스터셔주로 이주한 그들은 80만파운드 (약 15억원)짜리 집에서 행복한 삶을 시작하는 듯했다.

그러나 텍사스에 자식이 4명이나 있었던 해럴드는 영국에서의 삶에 적응하지 못해 이혼하기로 했다.

랜드리 친구인 레이철 클라크는 "해럴드는 그녀에게 다른 집을 구하라고 돈을 줬지만 랜드리가 이 돈을 이혼소송 변호사 비용으로 충당하자 극도로 화가 나 있었다"고 말했다.