Gambia convicts Nigerian for killing white husband
From GODWIN TSA Abuja

A 28-year-old Nigerian woman has been found guilty of murdering her 76-year-old husband by a court in The Gambia.

The body of William West, of Hastings, East Sussex, was found near his holiday home in the country in July 2006 after he was reported missing by his wife. His charred remains were discovered hidden in a sack.

Kate West, who had claimed the retired businessman had disappeared in Senegal, was given a life term and told she would be spared the death penalty. West had admitted his murder at previous court hearings in The Gambia, but later denied the charge.

She returned to the United Kingdom following his disappearance before going back to The Gambia to register him as officially missing. The couple had been staying at their remote holiday home in The Gambia. An unlawful killing verdict was recorded at an inquest in Hastings in May 2007.