‘Black Widow’ killer Dena Thompson has been released after serving 19 years in prison.
She was convicted of murdering her second husband Julian Webb with poisoned curry while still married to her first.
Thompson, now 63, was jailed for life at the Old Bailey in 2003 after being found guilty of killing him by lacing Mr Webb’s favourite curry with anti-depressants in Yapton, Sussex, on his 31st birthday in June 1994.
He liked his curry very hot which masked the taste of the crushed up pills.
‘Black Widow’ killer Dena Thompson arriving at the Old Bailey on November 12th 2003 where she was convicted of murdering her second husband Julian Webb with poisoned curry laced with anti-depressants © GlobalNet Pictures
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Former Detective Constable Sean McDonald has warned following her release: “If your uncle, father, son or cousin says, ‘I met this really nice woman called Dena’, I’d ring the police immediately.
He has told The Sun, in an exclusive interview: “She’s 63 now and a lot of men that age are quite wealthy.
“They have paid off mortgages, they have got pensions, they don’t need to work.
“But they are quite vulnerable because they can be quite lonely, and she homes in on lonely people all the time.
“And I think that she’s at that perfect age where she could meet these people.
Her husband, Julian Webb’s remains were exhumed and examined which led to her conviction for murder in 2003 and sentence to life imprisonment.
Thompson, who was known as The Black Widow, was not just a killer, but also a confidence trickster and a bigamist.
She was cleared of attempting to murder her third husband Richard Thompson by hitting him around the head with a baseball bat and stabbing him with a carpet knife and is also suspected of murdering an ex-boyfriend.
Julian Webb on his wedding day, pictured with his wife, ‘Black Widow’ killer Dena Thompson, who later killed him
Thompson was also convicted of theft and defrauding former lovers.
Dena Thompson arriving at the Old Bailey on July 29th 2003 © copyright GlobalNet Pictures
After her 2003 conviction, Det Chief Insp Martyn Underhill said: “This woman is every man’s nightmare, the most dangerous woman I have ever met.
Dena Thompson arriving at the Old Bailey in 2003 for her trial © copyright GlobalNet Pictures
“For a decade, she has targeted men sexually, financially and physically.
“The men of Britain can sleep safe tonight knowing she has been taken off the streets.”
Dena Thompson outside the Old Bailey © copyright GlobalNet Pictures
A judge also described Dena Thompson, as “one of the most fluent liars I have come across.”
Her first husband, Lee Wyatt, whose evidence had helped to put her behind bars, has expressed his fears over her release and previously told the Mail:”I couldn’t look at her. I knew that the moment I did, I’d be back in her power again. I was literally shaking. The thought of bumping into her again makes me feel physically sick.
Dena Thompson arriving at the Old Bailey © copyright GlobalNet Pictures
“The woman I knew was an evil psychopath. She has never shown any remorse for her crimes and it sickens me to think that soon she’ll be out and walking the streets again.”
Rosemary Webb, mother of Julian Webb, leaves the Old Bailey happy on December 15th 2003 after seeing Thompson jailed for life, and she wears a name tag in memory of her son © copyright GlobalNet Pictures
Thompson habitually met men through lonely hearts columns and stole their money.
Dena Thompson arriving at the Old Bailey © copyright GlobalNet Pictures
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