London - A senior RAF officer convicted of murdering his wife has begun an appeal. Lawyers representing RAF Regiment Squadron Leader Nicholas Tucker claim that his conviction at Norwich Crown Court last month was unsafe.
Tucker ( 46) was jailed for life after a jury found him guilty. Jurors heard that Tucker's wife, Carol (52), was found lying face down in a river in July 1995 after the couple's car left the road. During a 13-day trial the prosecution alleged that Tucker was infatuated with Ms Dijana Dudukovic (21) when he killed his wife. He had met Ms Dudukovic, a Serbian interpreter, during a six-month tour of UN duty in the former Yugoslavia.