THE BROTHER-IN-LAW of a 70-year-old Irish grandmother, stabbed to death in her car, has pleaded guilty to her murder.
Cork woman Mary Evans was on her way to pick up her grandson from school when she was attacked in Luton on November 18 last year.
The mother-of-two was found dead at the wheel of her car just yards from her home shortly after beginning the school run.
Mrs Evans’ brother-in-law pleaded guilty to her murder on Friday. John Evans, 56, of Thames Court, Luton, appeared at Luton Crown Court via video link from HMP Bedford.
He was told that his case is being adjourned and that he would be sentenced later this month.
Judge Michael Kay QC said Evans would receive a life sentence, with his minimum term being the only question yet to be decided.
Mrs Evans’ tragic death came just weeks after she married John Evans’ brother, David.
Paramedics were called to Trent Road on the day of her murder, 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.
A retired cashier, she was said to have found happiness in her marriage to David Evans, her second husband, in autumn last year. 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.
