Moment jealous killer caught on CCTV stalking estranged wife before cutting her throat with craft knife - as he is jailed for 27 years

Moment jealous killer caught on CCTV stalking estranged wife before cutting her throat with craft knife - as he is jailed for 27 years

A jealous husband who killed his estranged wife by cutting her throat with a craft knife after she went clubbing has been jailed for 27 years. Raymond Williams, 61, murdered Tania Williams, 49, after he saw her talking to another man while on a night out in Norwich, Norfolk. Ms Williams was found by neighbours in a pool of blood outside her home after the attack and was pronounced dead at the scene.The mother-of-four was heard screaming 'What are you going to do, kill me?' before her estranged husband cut her throat with a knife. Williams worked as a PCSO in Norfolk for nine months before resigning in June 2005, police have confirmed. Family spokesman Wayne Bullock, Tania's brother, said after the sentencing: ‘We’re just glad it’s all over and we can get on with our lives.’Williams was found guilty of her murder following a trial at Norwich Crown Court, which heard he had been 'consumed with jealousy'.Williams denied murdering Tania but a jury returned a unanimous guilty verdict following a 17-day trial. Footage shown to the jury included the last moments of Tania's life and captured her former husband 'going from bar to bar' to track her down. The family of Mrs Williams paid tribute to her as 'undoubtedly beautiful' and 'honest' Raymond Williams, 61, was found guilty of slashing the throat of his estranged wife, TaniaSentencing him today at Norwich Crown Court, Judge Anthony Bate said: ‘It is plain that you intended to kill Tania. You were an angry and jealous man and in deadly earnest. 'The murder was connected to the end of the intimate marital relationship to your victim. 'You showed forensic awareness and took steps to conceal your movements by switching off your phone…You sent bogus messages of concern in regards to Tania’s whereabouts.'On your release you will be a very old man.'Williams had been smiling in the dock moments ahead of the judge’s sentencing, then yawned. At the judge’s sentencing remarks he put his hand to his cheek as the sentence was read out. Around a dozen members of Tania’s church – the parish church in Thorpe St Andrew – had attended the sentencing.One was Gwendoline Graff, 53, who described how they’d gone to church the day after the murder to discover she’d been killed. Raymond Williams, 61, was seen wandering through the streets of Norwich close to where his estranged wife Tania was enjoying a night out on January 17 Tania was seen on CCTV leaving a bar as her estranged husband lurked nearby Williams is seen on CCTV searching for Tania before locating her in Revolucion de Cuba, on Queen Street. Both Williams and Tania can then be seen walking out of the venue, with Tania appearing to distance herself from himShe said: ‘We did not know what to do. We were so shocked. We got called out of church on the Sunday, the day after. The church warden came and said “Can I take you out, I want to tell you something”.‘I had only seen her a couple of days before. We were expecting her in church.‘It really devastated the parish community.’She said she’d worked at City College as a security guard and that Williams has also done security guard work, although he wasn’t a church-goer.Tania’s mother, Jennifer, had not been in court. Church members who said she was in her 80s and the case would be too much for her said they would be comforting her this afternoon.Among those in court were Tania’s three brothers and one of her sons.Ms Graff said of the sentencing: ‘Even though we are Christians we are glad it was higher than the 25 years we were expecting. What he did was so unwarranted.‘He stole her life and the kids also lost both their parents that day.‘His statement of being there for the children and loving his family – it sounds absurd.‘All the evidence showed he did it.‘Nobody else had any ill-feelings towards her. She was a loving person. Within two hours of the murder, armed police had arrested Williams at his accommodation This is the moment Williams was arrested wearing completely different clothes after he desperately disposed of his former outfit that evening in a bid to avoid forensic detection‘He just sat there [in the dock] looking nonchalant. He was looking around and looked as though he didn’t have a care in the world.’CCTV showed Williams leaving his flat on the night of the murder in shared accommodation in Dereham Road before heading into the city centre. Williams approached a man she was with, telling him they were still married and pointing to his wedding ring. Williams is then seen on CCTV searching for Tania before eventually locating her in Revolucion de Cuba, on Queen Street.Both Williams and Tania can then be seen walking out of the venue and down the street, with Tania appearing to distance herself from him.As Tania heads in one direction to catch a bus home, Williams is seen jogging down Wensum Street towards where his white Vauxhall Corsa was parked on Fishergate.Security footage shows this car parked on Yarmouth Road as he 'laid in wait' for Tania, who is then seen on CCTV getting off her bus and walking towards her home in Catherine Gardens.At 11.30pm, neighbours heard petrified screams, including a female voice saying: 'What are you going to do? Kill me?'.Moments later, Tania was discovered lying on the ground in a 'pool of blood'.Within two hours, armed police arrested Williams at his accommodation.Bodycam footage showed him wearing completely different clothes after he desperately disposed of his former outfit that evening in a bid to avoid forensic detection.CCTV had also captured him acting suspiciously around bins in nearby alleyways.Footage showed him taking off his watch, which had been given to him by Tania, and dropping it down a drain. Raymond Williams, 61, was told that he’ll be ‘a very old man’ when he’s released from jail. Taking into account the 247 days Williams has spent in custody on remand, he’ll serve a total of 26 years and 118 days in jail before he can be considered for parole.

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