A gamekeeper whose evidence helped convict the killer of PCSO Julia James says he is relieved her family have justice.
Gavin Tucker, who works in Aylesham, Kent, saw Callum Wheeler acting "suspiciously" the day after the police community support officer was murdered.Wheeler was convicted of murder at Canterbury Crown Court on Monday.Mr Tucker caught footage of Wheeler carrying the murder weapon, and running from the scene, and sent it directly to Kent Police.
On 7 May last year - less than two weeks after Mrs James was killed - detectives released a cropped image of the footage and issued a public appeal to find out who the man in the picture was. Later that day Wheeler was arrested at his home in Aylesham."I just feel relieved really for the family.Image caption,He said Wheeler was acting suspiciously, and when confronted, lied to him about being new to the area.
Mrs James had seen Wheeler hanging around the area on previous occasions and described him to her husband as a "really weird dude". The family of the 53-year-old mother-of-two thanked Mr Tucker for his evidence following the jury's guilty verdict.
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