Stuart Williamson operated in the very same NHS trust as Diane Douglas, who he confessed eliminating in “early December 2018” by striking her throughout the skull with a log prior to burying her body in the garden of the farmhouse they leased together.
The set fulfilled in 1986 and interacted at the Norfolk and Waveney Foundation Trust – which would later on end up being the Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust.
Ms Douglas was a neighborhood psychiatric nurse, while Williamson held a variety of positions at the trust, most just recently a supervisory function from which he was release in 2012 – taking a voluntary redundancy package of £82,000.
One of their previous coworkers said: “[Williamson] certainly had a credibility for targeting ladies and typically being a womaniser.
“He was simply a creep – he certainly had a pattern of predatory behaviour towards ladies.”
Williamson was because of stand trial for the murder of Ms Douglas however took his own life while on remand in jail.
Diane Douglas, whose body was discovered in November 2021 (Image: Norfolk Police)
The coworker said there was a “sense of genuine anger that he did not deal with justice” following his death on December 29, 2021, while waiting for a court hearing.
Another coworker, who worked together with Williamson for 35 years, said he thought him to be “a sociopath” with “contempt for other people”.
He said: “He was an egotistical sociopath with a huge ego – he never ever liked to be challenged in any method.
“He utilized to have overall ridicule for his clients – he didn’t desire anything to do with them and would call them punters.
“On one event I needed to cut a client below a ligature and he dominated them sneering without revealing any empathy.”
The retired nurse included: “He left Diane on a variety of events for other ladies and was popular as a sex bug.
“I might never ever comprehend why she kept returning to him, however that is how managing he constantly was.”
Both coworkers spoke positively of Ms Douglas, who would have been 58 when her body was found on November 2, 2021.
One said: “She was a committed, caring nurse – really peaceful and simply tackled her tasks.
“I would frequently see her walking her dog, which she liked to bits.”
The other said: “By track record, she was actually well appreciated and beautiful lady.”
During an inquest, more information emerged about how Williamson utilized Ms Douglas’ phone to encourage her friends and family she was still alive by messaging them pretending to be her.
On top of sending out texts on events such as birthdays, Williamson produced stories to cover for Ms Douglas’ absence of location, declaring she had actually relocated to Downham Market with a fictitious friend called Sarah.
He continued the deceptiveness for 3 years.
It was just when her family ended up being suspicious and reported her missing out on that Williamson was apprehended for murder.
In November 202 he confessed the abhorrent attack to cops, who would later on discover her body in the garden of Meadow Farm in Colton – in the accurate area he admitted to burying her.
She would have been either 55 or 56 on the day of her murder- although the accurate date will permanently be unidentified.
In a homage released following the inquest, her family said: “Diane’s working life was as a nurse devoted to taking care of others.
“She liked life and having fun with her family, good friends and her dogs.
“We miss her.”
