[6] Sally, the youngest of five children, was the daughter of a brigadier in the Royal Engineers who died when she was six years old.

[8] At Guildford Crown Court in Surrey in June 2011, she was convicted of his murder after a seven-day trial, for which she was jailed for life.

[3] In February 2019 at the Court of Appeal in London, her conviction was quashed and a retrial ordered in light of her having adjustment disorder at the time she killed her husband.

[9] Sally admitted manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility and pleaded not guilty to murder.

[9] In May 2020, Judge Paul Matthews, sitting in the High Court in Bristol, ruled that Sally could inherit the estate of the deceased Challen, which is valued at £1 million.