Man jailed for burying his wife in back garden

A man who buried his wife in a shallow grave in his back garden has been jailed for 11 years.

Thomas Flanagan, 57, strangled his wife Elaine, then put her body in a ditch where they had attempted to dig out a fish pond.

He then carried on his life as normal for a month until a friend asked why he had not seen his wife, 57, lately, and he replied, “I’ve killed her.”