Police Inspector Commits Murder Whilst on Bail (January 14, 2008)
An MP wants an inquiry into why a Met police inspector charged with murdering his wife apparently killed himself and his mother-in-law while on bail.
Garry Weddell's body was found near Broomhills Shooting Club, in Markyate, Hertfordshire, on Saturday.
The body of his mother-in-law, Traute Maxfield, 70, was found on the same day 10 miles away in Gustard Wood.
Mike Penning, Conservative MP for Hemel Hempstead, wants to know why Mr Weddell was not in custody awaiting trial.
He told BBC News he would be writing to the Attorney General to ask why a bail surety had been set at £200,000, whether or not the police had objected and whether there had been any objections from the family.
Mr Weddell had been due to go on trial in May charged with the murder of his wife, Sandra, whose body was found in the garage of the family home in Dunstable on 31 January last year.
Post-mortem tests revealed the 44-year-old nurse had been strangled with a cable tie.
Mr Weddell was later granted bail with a surety of £200,000 on condition that he hand in his gun licence and stay away from his mother-in-law.
His defence lawyers had argued he had complied with the investigation and, as a police officer, would be in danger in prison.
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