Peter Morris stood transfixed as he watched his sister Claire walk down the aisle, while the groom – resplendent in a kilt and ruff – stood waiting proudly by the front pew. As they exchanged vows, Peter swallowed hard. Yet his emotional reaction was borne not of joy, but of grief. For the scene unfolding before his eyes was not the wedding itself, which took place in 1993, but a recreation for ITV drama The Widower. The Widower featuring Sheridan Smith, an ITV drama, tells the tale of Claire Morris who was murdered on a roadside in Aberdeenshire by her husband Malcolm Webster months after their wedding
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Malcolm Webster murdered wife Claire as part of life-insurance scam
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Five years later Claire Morris' family discovered truth behind death
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Now Sheridan Smith is playing Claire in ITV drama The Widower
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Claire's brother Peter Morris said actress captured his sister 'completely'
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‘If I want to see Claire again all I have to do is switch on this drama,' he said
I miss that camaraderie of a sibling and I thank @placeholder for giving that back to me for a while.
Although arrest warrants for the murder of his first wife and attempted murder of his second had been issued, it wasn’t long before @placeholder began hunting for a new wealthy partner.