Drowning of wealthy heiress was ‘acquisitive killing’, court hears

The murder trial of fraudster Donald McPherson was halted in 2021 and he was cleared of the murder of his wife Paula Leeson.

The swimming pool drowning of a wealthy heiress whose husband was cleared of her murder was an “acquisitive killing”, a court heard.

McPherson, who denied murder, had taken out “secret” life insurance policies on Ms Leeson worth £3.5 million. McPherson told police he awoke to find Ms Leeson face down in the shallow swimming pool at a holiday cottage in remote western Denmark he had booked for the couple, on June 6 2017. On Tuesday, the second day of the civil hearing, Ms Anderson told the court more details of McPherson’s past, including his involvement in an £11.8 million fraud.

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