Diane Chenery-Wickens

Diane Gina Chenery-Wickens (1959 – 22 January 2008)[3][4] was an English film and television make-up artist.

Diane Chenery-Wickens
Born
Diane Gina Wickens

1959 (1959)
Lambeth, Greater London, UK
Died (aged 48)
Duddleswell, East Sussex, UK
Other namesDi Wickens[1]
Spouse(s)
David Edwin George Chenery-Wickens
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(m. 1997)​
[2]

Professional career

Diane Chenery-Wickens had worked as a makeup artist for BBC Television for over 20 years. She worked on such shows as The League of Gentlemen, Casualty and Pride and Prejudice. She also won an Emmy Award in 2000 for Arabian Nights, and was nominated for a BAFTA Award in 2003 for Dead Ringers.[5]

Death

On 22 January 2008, Diane discovered a phone bill that showed calls to a mistress and a gay chatline. She confronted her husband, David Edwin George Chenery-Wickens,[6] who killed her and dumped her body in a lane in Little Horsted, near Uckfield.[7] Diane was reported missing by David on 24 January 2008, after she had failed to arrive for a BBC meeting in London.[8] Her decomposed body was found by a woman walking her dog on 15 May 2008.[5][9] David was arrested on suspicion of murder, and was eventually charged in May 2008.[8] He was found guilty of murder at Lewes Crown Court on 2 March 2009 and sentenced to life imprisonment.[10]

On 30 March 2009, the BBC One programme Crimewatch showed a reconstruction of how the crime was solved.[11] In October 2019, the police methods used in the case were examined in the BBC Two programme Catching Britain's Killers: The Crimes That Changed Us.[12]

References
  1. "WICKENS, Di". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 6 January 2010. Retrieved 29 July 2020.
  2. "Missing BBC make-up artist Diane Chenery-Wickens' husband charged with murder". The Telegraph. 17 May 2008. Archived from the original on 12 August 2009. Retrieved 27 July 2020.
  3. "England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1916–2007". September 1959. p. 1997.
  4. "Di Wickens". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 4 February 2020. Retrieved 29 July 2020.
  5. "Body confirmed as make-up artist". BBC News. 16 May 2008. Retrieved 17 May 2008.
  6. "Daily Court Status - Lewes". Her Majesty's Courts Service. Archived from the original on 9 February 2009. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
  7. "What made the philandering minister kill his trusting wife?". The Guardian. 2 March 2009. Archived from the original on 6 September 2013. Retrieved 27 July 2020.
  8. "Make-up artist's husband charged". BBC News. 16 May 2008. Retrieved 17 May 2008.
  9. "Diane Chenery-Wickens". Forensic Science Service. 29 April 2009. Archived from the original on 13 October 2011. Retrieved 29 July 2020.
  10. "Man murdered make-up artist wife". BBC News. 2 March 2009. Retrieved 17 January 2017.
  11. "Crimewatch reveals murder clues". BBC News. 30 March 2009. Archived from the original on 2 April 2009. Retrieved 29 July 2020.
  12. "BBC Two - Catching Britain's Killers: The Crimes That Changed Us, Series 1, Interrogation". BBC.
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