Scoveston

As the smoke filled the night air above the three storey Scoveston Manor at Steynton, near Milford Haven, millionaire farmer Richard Thomas, 58, was dying a slow death from shotgun wounds to the stomach. His spinster sister Helen, 56, was already dead ...

A jury has visited the site of a house where the bodies of brother and sister Richard and Helen Thomas were found in December 1985. They were both shot at Scoveston Park, near Milford Haven, and the building set alight. John Cooper, 66, of Letterston, ...

The jury is expected to visit Scoveston Park, sites associated with the murder of the Thomases, on another date. Details have already been given during the Swansea Crown Court trial. The court heard on Monday that the Dixons were last seen on 29 June ...

Swansea crown court has been hearing what firemen discovered as they tackled a major blaze at Scoveston Manor late on December 22, 1985. The prosecution say Richard and Helen Thomas were shot dead by John William Cooper, who then set the fire.

The Scoveston Manor and Dixon murders, plus the attack on the teenagers, led to hundreds of Dyfed-Powys Police officers being involved in major inquiries which included numerous media appeals including many on the BBC's Crimewatch programme.

Cooper, of Spring Gardens, Letterston, denies murdering millionaire farmer Richard Thomas, 58, and his sister Helen, 56, at their home at Scoveston Park on December 22, 1985. He also denies murdering marketing director Peter Dixon, 51, and his wife ...