A 'controlling monster' who callously raped and murdered his ex-fiancee at a five-star luxury hotel might have gone unpunished had it not been for the medical expertise of her surgeon stepfather, it has been revealed.
Samantha Mickleburgh, 54, was found dead in a twin room at the exclusive Pennyhill Park Hotel in Bagshot, Surrey, on the morning of April 14 last year.
The mother-of-two's former partner James Cartwright, 61, was unanimously convicted last month of killing her during their stay at the hotel - and has today been jailed for at least 28 years.
According to the estate agent's version of events, Ms Mickleburgh agreed to meet Cartwright for dinner on his 60th birthday and to stay in his room because she 'didn't want him to feel lonely'.
He then claimed finding her dead in bed beside him the following morning.
