Bleating Allen Morgan gave TV interviews claiming he had been the victim of "malicious" rumours about his wife's murder.
The OAP's partner, Carol Morgan, was just 36 when she was murdered in the storeroom of their Fare Foods convenience store in Linslade, Bedfordshire, in August 1981. But the grandfather will spend his twilight years in a prison cell after detectives exposed his cold-blooded plot to kill his wife.
The 73-year-old ordered the murder of his shopkeeper wife, Carol, 36, in 1981 so he could continue his affair with his lover, Margaret, 75. Allen and Margaret began their affair 14 months before Carol was killed on August 13, 1981. They met on his grocery delivery rounds and they had sex three times a week while her husband, Michael, was at work.
Allen Morgan ordered the murder of his wife, Carol in 1981 so he could continue to pursue an affair (Bedfordshire Police)They allegedly wanted to move in together but the Morgans had debts and Carol had "brought the money in" from her share of the sale of the marital home after her first marriage ended, meaning Allen would not be able to support them. Prosecutor Pavlos Panayi KC told jurors at Luton Crown Court during a nine-week trial: "That problem was solved by the death of Carol Morgan."
Carol and Allen took out a £6,000 loan - now worth £22,000 - towards the purchase of the business. The prosecution said the shop was struggling financially and the loan was covered by a policy that meant it would be paid off if either of them died. When Carol was killed, £4,892 remained outstanding.
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Allen Morgan, 73, and his second wife Margaret Morgan outside Luton Court in April of this year (Ian Vogler / Daily Mirror)In 43-year-old video clips played to a jury, swaggering Allen was far from a grieving husband. And in a newspaper report just weeks after the murder, he gave a four-word riposte to claims he killed his wife. He said: "I didn't do it!", adding: "How can I clear my name until the real murderer is caught? People are saying that I paid someone to do it while I took the children to the pictures. But why? My wife wasn't insured, I had nothing to gain. How much does a contract killing cost - £5,000? I don't even have £500."
Asked why he thought people believed he was responsible, Allen brazenly said: "I was happy-go-lucky, I suppose. I was a bit of a womaniser, that's all." In an interview on BBC local news, he said: "They say I killed my wife. As the police know, I was taking the kids to the pictures."
The cheating fiend even urged the killer to come forward - blasting anyone who was "sheltering" the man responsible for his wife's murder. He said: "If he's done it once, he's going to do it again. It was terrible, you have got no idea what it was like when I walked in. You have no idea what she looked like. I just hope they don't shelter for too long or they don't shelter him at all."
Morgan kept the secret under wraps for more than four decades before he was finally caught (PA)
Morgan was found guilty of conspiracy to murder and will be sentenced for his crimes in due course (PA)After a nine-week trial at Luton Crown Court, Allen was convicted of conspiracy to murder. Margaret was found not guilty of the same charge and was told she was free to go.
Prosecutor Pavlos Panayi KC told jurors that on the night of the brutal murder, Allen made the "highly unusual" decision to take his wife's children to the cinema despite 'not having a strong relationship' with them. They arrived home after the double bill and found her in a pool of blood. Just over £400 in cash and 1,400 cigarettes had been taken, suggesting a burglary, Luton Crown Court heard. A jury has found Allen guilty of conspiracy to murder. He will be sentenced at a later date.
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