The Wife’s Story

The behaviour of Siôn Jenkins’ former wife has been a major factor since the time of the murder, when it had a direct impact on public perceptions of the case.

Her relationships with the police and the media since then prompt serious and searching questions.

People still speculate about why she moved to the other side of the world, and infer that somehow the distance is an indicator of his guilt. There is, though, another inference to be drawn about her motives.

Lois Jenkins moved to Tasmania four years after Siôn Jenkins’ trial and three years after his failed first appeal, having inexplicably taken no part in either process despite being a key witness.

However seven years after the murder when a second appeal meant the possibility that his conviction might be overturned, she flew back from the other side of the world to be a prosecution witness even though her detailed memory of events must have faded.

The following year she was a prosecution witness at both retrials. The first time this was by video link. When the jury was not convinced of his guilt and a second retrial was ordered she flew across the world again to give evidence against her former husband.

Her efforts to silence support for Siôn Jenkins, block attempts to challenge his conviction, and keep trying to discredit him even after his acquittal, invite scrutiny.