Catherine Wells-Burr death: Boyfriend charged with murder plot

The boyfriend of Bath Spa University graduate Catherine Wells-Burr has been charged with conspiracy to murder her.

Rafal Nowak, 31, will appear before magistrates in Bristol today, Avon and Somerset Police said last night.

Nowak’s former partner, Anna Julia Lagwinowicz, 32, appeared in court yesterday to face the same charge.

A police spokeswoman said: “Detectives investigating the murder of Catherine Wells-Burr have charged another person with conspiracy to murder. Rafal Nowak, aged 31, will appear at Bristol magistrates court tomorrow. A 38-year-old man remains in police custody where he is being questioned.”

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Earlier, Lagwinowicz, a Polish national, made a brief appearance before magistrates charged with conspiring together with other persons to murder Miss Wells-Burr between May 1, 2012 and September 13, 2012.

The defendant, of South Street, Taunton, Somerset, was remanded in custody to appear before Bristol Crown Court on October 9.

Miss Wells-Burr’s body was discovered by firefighters who had been alerted to a blazing five-door vehicle just off the A358  in Ashill, near Ilminster, South Somerset, by passing motorists shortly before 6.30am on September 12. Avon and Somerset Police have appealed for witnesses, describing the death as “tragic and brutal”.

Miss Wells-Burr, known to friends as Caf, lived in nearby Chard, with her parents and sister Leanne. After gaining a first-class degree in business management at Bath Spa University, she went to work as a business analyst for Chard-based Numatic International Ltd, known for their Henry vacuum cleaners.

Her parents have office posts at the firm where Nowak  also works.

Jayne and Phil Wells-Burr said their daughter was an “amazing, special person” who was excited about starting a new life with her boyfriend.

“We have lost our beautiful Catherine; she was full of character, she was caring, loving, and had a bubbly personality,” they said in a statement last week. “She had a wonderful sense of humour, and was an amazing, special person.”

The university where Miss Wells-Burr graduated last year offered its condolences to her family.

“Everyone at Bath Spa University is deeply saddened about the death of graduate Catherine Wells-Burr,” a spokesman said. “Catherine graduated in 2011 with a first class honours degree in business and management and will be fondly remembered by all those here who knew her.

“Our heartfelt sympathy and sincere condolences are with Catherine’s family at this distressing and difficult time.”

Yesterday, a number of police forensics vehicles were outside the terraced home the couple shared in Chard, where specialist officers were conducting a search of the property.

Specialist forensics officers  also cordoned-off the Taunton home of Anna Lagwinowicz yesterday.

The small terraced property in the centre of Taunton was surrounded by police tape, and three police vehicles were parked outside.