Vet loses appeal
Vet loses appeal
Ryan James, the vet jailed for life at Stafford Crown Court last May for poisoning his wife, has lost his appeal against conviction. James, 41, a partner in a practice at Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire, was alleged to have killed Sandra, 39, by lacing her orange juice with Immobilon, a drug used to immobilise horses, so he could collect her pounds 180,000 life insurance and start a new life with his mistress, Catherine Crooks. James married Mrs Crooks at Gartree top security jail, Leicestershire, last September.
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