Make-up artist's husband in court charged with murder

THE husband of award-winning make-up artist Diane Chenery-Wickens was to appear in court today charged with her murder.

Sussex Police charged David Chenery-Wickens, 51, from Duddleswell, East Sussex, with murder last night after Mrs Chenery-Wickens' remains were found off Worth Lane in the village of Little Horsted, near Uckfield, East Sussex, just before 10am on Thursday. Mrs Chenery-Wickens, 48, had been missing for four months before her remains were found by a woman walking her dog.

A post-mortem examination was carried out last night and dental records were used to identify the body. The cause of death is yet to be established.

Mrs Chenery-Wickens, who worked on shows including Dead Ringers, The League Of Gentlemen and Casualty, was reported missing by her husband on January 24 after she failed to attend a meeting at the BBC in London. She won an Emmy award in 2000 for her work on Arabian Nights.