Get the latest Scottish crime and courts news sent straight to your inbox with our daily Criminal Record newsletter A husband who was accused of murdering his famous wife shot and killed himself when police caught up with him after being on the run.
Tom Sharkey had been wanted for the killing of his influencer wife Alexis Sharkey, whose body was found naked next to a roadside after she had been strangled.
Alexis, 26, who made her name on Instagram, had disappeared less than 24 hours before she was found dead, and officials believed her body had been “carefully placed” at the side of the road.
Bodybuilder Tom, 50, denied claims he had a fallout with his wife and they had argued before her death, but an arrest warrant was issued last month.
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