A frail pensioner plotted to kill his wife in their corner shop, his guilty verdict bringing an end to a murder conspiracy investigation spanning more than four decades. Allen Morgan, 73, tried to create a “cast-iron” alibi by taking Carol Morgan’s two children to the cinema while a paid hitman robbed and murdered her. Allen, who now lives in Woodingdean with his now-wife Margaret, was convicted of conspiracy to murder Carol more than 40 years after her death in 1981.
Margaret Morgan was cleared of the same charge after six days of deliberations. The court previously heard from Carol Morgan’s son Dean who said Allen took him and sister Jane to the cinema on August 13, 1981. Dean, who was 14 at the time, said his mum was serving a customer at her corner shop in Linslade, near Luton, and said: “Cheerio” when they left.
In his witness statement Dean said they went to the Odeon in Dunstable Road, Luton, where they paid £4 to go to Screen 3 to see Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger and The Super Snooper, which was about a policeman with special powers. (Image: Bedfordshire Police) Speaking via a video link, Dean said: “I remember seeing the Sinbad film. I don’t remember seeing the other film.
” The three left the cinema at about ten past ten, arriving home between 10.30pm and 10.45pm.
On their return his stepfather Allen told him to go upstairs. Dean said he heard him on the phone downstairs and he then rang a friend to come and collect himself and Jane. Allen, who .