Raymond Williams has gone on trial accused of murdering his estranged wife, Tania Williams.

It was after the 49-year-old mother-of-four was found "lying in a pool of blood" near Catherine Gardens in Thorpe St Andrew on January 17 this year.

Tania Williams (Image: Norfolk Constabulary)

A jury panel of eight men and six women at Norwich Crown Court heard her throat had been "repeatedly slashed".

Charles Myatt, opening the prosecution case, said it was after Williams was "lying in wait" for Ms Williams after "stalking her" while she had been on a night out in Norwich.

Mr Myatt said jurors will hear Williams had previously made threats to slash his wife's throat some years earlier.

Raymond Williams (Image: Social media)

He said Williams, who met his wife in the USA in 1998, initially separated from her in 2012.

But the........

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