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10
Dec 2020
Man jailed for murder of Harrogate woman
A Bradford man has been jailed for 16 years for the murder of a Harrogate woman.
Dale Tarbox was sentenced at Leeds Crown Court today for the murder of Susan Howells, who was a close friend.
A police investigation started in August 2019 when Susan, who was 51, was reported missing.
North Yorkshire Police passed the case onto West Yorkshire Police after its enquiries suggested she had been in the Bradford area at the time.
The police elevated the missing persons investigation into a murder investigation after officers failed to find her.
Officers arrested Tarbox in September 2019 in Doncaster and charged with the murder of Susan at his home address in Bradford.
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Police enquiries led officers to a caravan park when Tarbox was living. A few days later the police found human remains.
Further investigations led to the arrest of Keith Wadsworth, who was convicted of assisting an offender in preventing lawful burial.
Tarbox, 40, of Independent Street in Little Horton, was jailed for 16 years for Susan's murder and given two years to run concurrently in preventing her lawful burial.
He refused to attend court to hear the sentence.
Keith Wadsworth, 61, from Doncaster, was sentenced to three years and seven months for assisting an offender in preventing a lawful burial. He pleaded guilty at an earlier hearing.
Speaking after sentencing, Detective Chief Inspector Vanessa Rolfe, said:
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