Expat Nigel Jackson, 59, has been arrested by police after his wife Brenda Davidson's body was found buried in their garden in Portugal A British man has been arrested in Portugal after the body of his wife was found buried under a concrete slab in his idyllic country home. Expat Nigel Jackson, 59, was seized by police after his wife, Brenda Davidson, 73, went missing from their home on the Algarve last November. Portuguese police were alerted by her son, Dean, who had been concerned over the whereabouts of his mother for several weeks. According to neighbours, Jackson had initially said she had returned to the UK 'for treatment for a nasty cough.'
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Nigel Jackson, 59, seized after Brenda Davidson went missing in Algarve
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Portugese police alerted to 73-year-old's disappearance by her son Dean
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Officers say her remains could have been buried in garden for some weeks
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Jackson reportedly admitted burying wife but said she committed suicide
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Couple moved to Algarve 10 years ago from their home in Rochester, Kent
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Probe led by same squad assisting Scotland Yard with Madeleine McCann
They had apparently got bored of their life in @placeholder and Mr Jackson, a former taxi driver, and his wife, a retired cleaner, moved to Portugal for a change of scene.