Shooting victim's wife calls for chief to quit

The wife of a millionaire businessman shot dead outside his home attacked the police force today which investigated the murder.

Computer boss Richard Watson was killed on the drive of his farmhouse eight years ago in what appeared to be a contract killing.

His wife Linda and her daughter, Amanda London-Williams, were arrested and charged with murder but the case collapsed when the Crown Prosecution Service offered no evidence.

Today Mrs Watson, 54, called for the resignation of Sussex Police's chief constable Ken Jones.

Mrs Watson said Mr Jones had failed her and her family on "every level". She said: "Ken Jones should quit today as the head of Sussex Police. The buck stops with him.

"He has to take responsibility for his force's incompetence in dealing with my husband's murder. He has refused to see me and has refused to apologise in person."

Mr Watson was shot in the neck and chest with a shotgun at his house in East Grinstead on 10 December 1996.

Mrs Watson and Miss London-Williams spent time in Holloway Prison before their trial. The Police Complaints Authority concluded that the prosecution's case was "ill-founded". An inquest yesterday recorded a verdict of unlawful killing. The case remains unsolved.