Thomas Nutt, 46, killed his wife Dawn Walker, 52, just hours after exchanging vows last October. Her body was found in a field four days later. It had been stuffed into a suitcase and dumped in the bush behind the couple’s home in West Yorkshire. Nutt had stored the body in a cupboard before trying to dispose of it, his murder trial heard. Thomas Nutt, 46, admitted manslaughter but was found guilty of murder (PA) Sentencing Nutt on Friday, Judge Rose said: “There is no doubt that Dawn Walker had suffered domestic violence … I am not inclined to accept that you are genuinely remorseful for what you have done.” He added: “Dawn Walker died because you are a bully, used to controlling and manipulating women. I am certain that you dominated her with your controlling behavior and this culminated in gratuitous violence on October 27, resulting in her death at your hands.” During that trial, jurors were told that Nutt admitted his wife’s manslaughter on the basis that he “did not intend to actually cause her serious harm at the time he killed her.” However, a jury at Bradford Crown Court found him guilty of murder after just three hours of deliberation. The court heard Nutt had called police on October 31 last year, telling them his wife had gone missing after leaving their home in Shirley Grove, Lightcliffe. Then he appeared looking for her. Lawyers said the “hard and dark reality” was that the accused “knew very well that her body was lying dead in a cupboard in the matrimonial home”. CCTV footage shown during the trial showed Nutt rolling a suitcase out the back of his house and into nearby bushes as a police officer arrived at his front door to follow up on his missing person’s report. Ms Walker’s body showed she had suffered serious neck injuries, the court heard, which showed there had been “brutal pressure on her neck”. Witnesses told the trial the pair had a “troubled” relationship. A neighbor said he went to their home two months before their wedding after hearing screams. Nutt told the neighbor Mrs Walker was having an asthma attack but she shouted: “Don’t believe him, he’s lying, he’s trying to kill me,” the court heard.


title: “Man Who Murdered Wife On Wedding Night And Buried Body In Suitcase Jailed For 21 Years Klmat” ShowToc: true date: “2022-11-20” author: “Martha Mercer”


Thomas Nutt, 46, killed his wife Dawn Walker, 52, just hours after exchanging vows last October. Her body was found in a field four days later. It had been stuffed into a suitcase and dumped in the bush behind the couple’s home in West Yorkshire. Nutt had stored the body in a cupboard before trying to dispose of it, his murder trial heard. Thomas Nutt, 46, admitted manslaughter but was found guilty of murder (PA) Sentencing Nutt on Friday, Judge Rose said: “There is no doubt that Dawn Walker had suffered domestic violence … I am not inclined to accept that you are genuinely remorseful for what you have done.” He added: “Dawn Walker died because you are a bully, used to controlling and manipulating women. I am certain that you dominated her with your controlling behavior and this culminated in gratuitous violence on October 27, resulting in her death at your hands.” During that trial, jurors were told that Nutt admitted his wife’s manslaughter on the basis that he “did not intend to actually cause her serious harm at the time he killed her.” However, a jury at Bradford Crown Court found him guilty of murder after just three hours of deliberation. The court heard Nutt had called police on October 31 last year, telling them his wife had gone missing after leaving their home in Shirley Grove, Lightcliffe. Then he appeared looking for her. Lawyers said the “hard and dark reality” was that the accused “knew very well that her body was lying dead in a cupboard in the matrimonial home”. CCTV footage shown during the trial showed Nutt rolling a suitcase out the back of his house and into nearby bushes as a police officer arrived at his front door to follow up on his missing person’s report. Ms Walker’s body showed she had suffered serious neck injuries, the court heard, which showed there had been “brutal pressure on her neck”. Witnesses told the trial the pair had a “troubled” relationship. A neighbor said he went to their home two months before their wedding after hearing screams. Nutt told the neighbor Mrs Walker was having an asthma attack but she shouted: “Don’t believe him, he’s lying, he’s trying to kill me,” the court heard.


title: “Man Who Murdered Wife On Wedding Night And Buried Body In Suitcase Jailed For 21 Years Klmat” ShowToc: true date: “2022-10-21” author: “Dee Bonilla”


Thomas Nutt, 46, killed his wife Dawn Walker, 52, just hours after exchanging vows last October. Her body was found in a field four days later. It had been stuffed into a suitcase and dumped in the bush behind the couple’s home in West Yorkshire. Nutt had stored the body in a cupboard before trying to dispose of it, his murder trial heard. Thomas Nutt, 46, admitted manslaughter but was found guilty of murder (PA) Sentencing Nutt on Friday, Judge Rose said: “There is no doubt that Dawn Walker had suffered domestic violence … I am not inclined to accept that you are genuinely remorseful for what you have done.” He added: “Dawn Walker died because you are a bully, used to controlling and manipulating women. I am certain that you dominated her with your controlling behavior and this culminated in gratuitous violence on October 27, resulting in her death at your hands.” During that trial, jurors were told that Nutt admitted his wife’s manslaughter on the basis that he “did not intend to actually cause her serious harm at the time he killed her.” However, a jury at Bradford Crown Court found him guilty of murder after just three hours of deliberation. The court heard Nutt had called police on October 31 last year, telling them his wife had gone missing after leaving their home in Shirley Grove, Lightcliffe. Then he appeared looking for her. Lawyers said the “hard and dark reality” was that the accused “knew very well that her body was lying dead in a cupboard in the matrimonial home”. CCTV footage shown during the trial showed Nutt rolling a suitcase out the back of his house and into nearby bushes as a police officer arrived at his front door to follow up on his missing person’s report. Ms Walker’s body showed she had suffered serious neck injuries, the court heard, which showed there had been “brutal pressure on her neck”. Witnesses told the trial the pair had a “troubled” relationship. A neighbor said he went to their home two months before their wedding after hearing screams. Nutt told the neighbor Mrs Walker was having an asthma attack but she shouted: “Don’t believe him, he’s lying, he’s trying to kill me,” the court heard.


title: “Man Who Murdered Wife On Wedding Night And Buried Body In Suitcase Jailed For 21 Years Klmat” ShowToc: true date: “2022-11-09” author: “Christie Avalos”


Thomas Nutt, 46, killed his wife Dawn Walker, 52, just hours after exchanging vows last October. Her body was found in a field four days later. It had been stuffed into a suitcase and dumped in the bush behind the couple’s home in West Yorkshire. Nutt had stored the body in a cupboard before trying to dispose of it, his murder trial heard. Thomas Nutt, 46, admitted manslaughter but was found guilty of murder (PA) Sentencing Nutt on Friday, Judge Rose said: “There is no doubt that Dawn Walker had suffered domestic violence … I am not inclined to accept that you are genuinely remorseful for what you have done.” He added: “Dawn Walker died because you are a bully, used to controlling and manipulating women. I am certain that you dominated her with your controlling behavior and this culminated in gratuitous violence on October 27, resulting in her death at your hands.” During that trial, jurors were told that Nutt admitted his wife’s manslaughter on the basis that he “did not intend to actually cause her serious harm at the time he killed her.” However, a jury at Bradford Crown Court found him guilty of murder after just three hours of deliberation. The court heard Nutt had called police on October 31 last year, telling them his wife had gone missing after leaving their home in Shirley Grove, Lightcliffe. Then he appeared looking for her. Lawyers said the “hard and dark reality” was that the accused “knew very well that her body was lying dead in a cupboard in the matrimonial home”. CCTV footage shown during the trial showed Nutt rolling a suitcase out the back of his house and into nearby bushes as a police officer arrived at his front door to follow up on his missing person’s report. Ms Walker’s body showed she had suffered serious neck injuries, the court heard, which showed there had been “brutal pressure on her neck”. Witnesses told the trial the pair had a “troubled” relationship. A neighbor said he went to their home two months before their wedding after hearing screams. Nutt told the neighbor Mrs Walker was having an asthma attack but she shouted: “Don’t believe him, he’s lying, he’s trying to kill me,” the court heard.