A MAN charged with the murder of his Cork sister-in-law, who was stabbed to death in Luton while on her way to collect her grandson from school, has appeared in court.
Mary Evans, 70, was found dying in her car just yards from her home shortly after beginning the school run on November 18.
John Evans, 57, of Thames Court, Trent Road, Luton, was arrested that same afternoon.
He appeared before Luton Crown Court last week where he was due to make a plea but was remanded in custody to appear before the court again next month.
The hearing was adjourned pending further reports and is scheduled to resume on April 25.
A trial date has been scheduled for May 12.
On the day of Mrs Evans’ death paramedics were called to Trent Road but were unable to save the Irish woman’s life. She was pronounced dead at the scene.
The 70-year-old was originally from Passage West and lived in Liddel Close just yards from Trent Road.
Mrs Evans’ death came just weeks after she had married her second husband, David, who she had lived next door to for two decades.
A retired cashier, she was said to have found happiness in the new marriage, which came after her first husband, John Olloman, died from cancer.
The couple had a daughter, Yvette, and a son, Mark, who suffered from spina bifida and died 10 years ago.
Mrs Evans was the eldest of six children and arrived in Britain as a child after her family left their native Cork in 1951 in search of work.
She had worked in a Luton credit union in the years before she retired.
