"I Killed The Bitch. What More Do You Want To Know?"

An OAP has been convicted of murdering his younger Hungarian wife during an alcohol-fueled rage.

Former bus driver Keith Bettison, 73, throttled 48 year-old Ildiko in the bedroom of their home in Ranyard Close, Chessington, south-west London on October 31, last year.

Neighbours would often hear arguing inside the suburban home and Ildiko told others her husband was physically abusive.

Yesterday an Old Bailey jury unanimously convicted Bettison and he was remanded in custody until his sentencing next month.

Bettison called police at 1.18am claiming to have killed his wife.

When officers arrived at the address he said: “I killed the bitch. What more do you want to know?”

Ildiko was pronounced dead at the scene. She had visible head injuries and a post mortem revealed she had been strangled.

On the night of the murder the couple had been drinking heavily and had been heard by neighbours to be arguing loudly inside their home.

A friend of Ildiko told the trial how the couple’s relationship had deteriorated after Bettison resigned from his job, becoming unemployed in June, 2020.

Arguments and alcohol abuse escalated in the months leading up to the murder.

Detective Chief Inspector Vicky Tunstall, of the Metropolitan Police's Specialist Crime Command, said: “This was a needless act of extreme violence fuelled by uncontrolled anger and alcohol.

“No amount of remorse on the part of Keith Bettison will bring Ildiko back to her family. 

“Due to his actions their extended family has lost them both and our thoughts are with them today.”