Bus driver killed wife after calling her a ‘fat cow’ in a ‘Mr Punch’ voice

A retired bus driver strangled his wife to death at their home after taunting her with a ‘Punch and Judy voice’, a court heard. Keith Bettison, 73, allegedly tormented 48-year-old Ildiko Bettison with his ‘squeaky voice’ before killing her at their home in Ranyard Close, Chessington, Surrey. The couple were ‘big drinkers’ and their relationship had been deteriorating for years, the Old Bailey heard. Bettison was sacked for gross misconduct after he crashed a bus while reversing six months before…

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