Former officer found not guilty of murdering Audra Bancroft more than 17 years after conviction
A former police officer who spent more than 17 years in prison after being convicted of killing his pregnant partner has been freed after being found not guilty at a retrial.
Gary Walker, now 57, was sentenced to life imprisonment in October 2004 for murdering Audra Bancroft at their home in Burton upon Trent. After a retrial at Warwick crown court, Mr Justice Holgate QC agreed with a submission by Walker’s barrister, David Emanuel QC, that there was no case to answer.
