Nicholas and Elizabeth Newall were a couple living in Jersey who were murdered by their two sons Roderick (aged 22) and Mark (aged 21) on 10 October 1987 on the evening of their mother's 48th birthday. Roderick confessed to beating both his parents to death, and together with his younger brother they buried the bodies in woods where they remained for six years. For five years the crime remained unsolved until Roderick confessed to his uncle on a trip to Scotland.
The bodies were found on 9 November 1993.[1] Roderick was convicted of double murder and sentenced to life imprisonment in 1994.[2]
10 October
editAfter a long drunken argument, Roderick used a pickaxe and a martial arts rice flail to kill his parents.[3]
Roderick Newall
editRoderick Newall (born 1965) is a former British Army officer. Together with his younger brother he was attended boarding school at Radley College, Oxfordshire. Roderick then trained as an army officer at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst and joined the Royal Greenjackets.[4]
Roderick was arrested on a yacht at sea off Morocco in August 1992 and held in Gibraltar's prison where he fought extradition but was returned to Jersey in April 1993.[4]
He was released in 2007 after serving 13 years of his life sentence.[3]
Mark Newall
editMark Newall was found guilty of helping cover up the murder.[5] He served 20 months of his sentence.[4]
Sustained media coverage
editThe murder was the subject of a 2013 book Murder in the Family: The Inside Story of the Jersey Murders by Jeremy Josephs (ISBN 9780957153882)[6] and featured in an episode of the Sky Crime series Killing Mum and Dad in 2022.[7][8] It was featured in a RedHanded podcast in 2023.[9]
References
edit- "True Crime December 2021". True Crime Library. 15 November 2021. Retrieved 8 February 2024.
- "Brothers In Blood – Horror Crime That Shocked Jersey". True Crime Library. 24 November 2021. Archived from the original on 5 March 2024. Retrieved 8 February 2024.
- ^ Ward, Stephen (10 November 1993). "Roderick Newall says he killed alone: Bodies are found in a Jersey". The Independent. Retrieved 8 February 2024.
- ^ "Roderick Newall out of prison by next month". Jersey Evening Post. 16 October 2006. Retrieved 8 February 2024.
- ^ a b "Parents' killer to be freed after 13 years". The Daily Telegraph. 25 May 2007. Retrieved 8 February 2024.
- ^ a b c "Killer 'wants to come home'". Jersey Evening Post. 15 May 2006. Retrieved 8 February 2024.
- ^ "The Newall Murders". BBC. Retrieved 8 February 2024.
- ^ Josephs, Jeremy. Murder in the Family. ISBN 9780957153882.
- ^ "Killing Mum and Dad". Sky. Retrieved 8 February 2024.
- ^ "Killing Mum & Dad Staffel 1 Episode 2 online streamen | WOW". @WOW (in German). Retrieved 19 November 2024.
- ^ Bala, Suruthi; Maguire, Hannah. Roderick Newall: Death in Paradise. RedHanded. Retrieved 8 February 2024 – via YouTube.