Where is Bill Williamson’s Killer Ann Browning Now?

What happens when we let love cloud our judgment to the point where we fail to recognize the obvious warning signs in our partners? Everyone should heed the lessons that can be learned from the unfortunate events that befell retired postman Bill Williamson. The 82-year-old woman was murdered by her former lover for the money he had stolen from her after she had taken advantage of him on multiple occasions and stolen from him even once.

The documentary titled “Deadly Women: DIY Burial” on Investigation Discovery follows the investigators as they track his partner, Ann Browning, and eventually nail him for his murder. We have you covered if you are interested in the case and want to learn everything there is to know about it. After that, how about we find out more information about Ann Browning?

 

Who is Ann Browning?
Ann Browning, a self-employed cleaner who was 54 years old, lived on Milton’s Crescent in Ockford Ridge, which is located in Godalming, Surrey. She was divorced twice and had two sons from her previous marriages. At a gathering of the local historical society in 2007, Ann had first made the acquaintance of Bill Williamson, then 82 years old and a retired postman and widower. Mary, who was 91 years old when she passed away, was married to Bill, but after her death in 2004, Bill lived alone at their home on Church Road in Milford. It was said that he did not have any children.

According to the testimony presented in court, Bill was an elderly recluse who longed for the company of others. When they met, Ann had just gotten divorced from her second husband, and the two of them hit it off immediately. Since Bill had a comfortable financial situation, he was able to help Ann out by giving her money for a variety of expenses, such as gas and dental work. It was believed that he had even changed his will to ensure that she would inherit the majority of his estate. The turning point came when he allegedly found her taking money from him. After that, everything changed.

Bill suspected that Ann had assisted him in establishing a bank account, from which 1,200 pounds had gone missing. Bill claimed that Ann had taken out a total of £200 from a cash machine on six separate times using a cash card that he was unaware of. It was stated that she utilized that money to acquire Premium Bonds with a face value of one thousand pounds a few days later. Ann asserted that Bill had taken the money out of his own account, but due to his advanced age, he had completely forgotten about it. On the other hand, because there was no proof that she had committed any violation, she was never charged with a crime.

Bill’s acquaintances had cautioned him to exercise caution about Ann, and it was claimed that the two no longer lived together. During that period, she also attempted to reconcile her relationship with her former spouse, but her efforts were fruitless. In March of 2009, Ann and Bill got back together, contrary to the predictions of his close friends. The second time around, the two of them got to the point in their relationship where Ann was able to persuade Bill to sell his house on Church Road, and Bill was able to convince Ann to do the same thing with her home on Milton’s Crescent. They had both intended to begin a new life together, and Bill had agreed to their plans. He even gave Ann a loan of £6,000 so that she could purchase a new Kia vehicle.

After selling his home on Church Road for 246,924 pounds, Bill moved out of his residence on that street on September 10, 2010. The funds were transferred into the account that the two of them share, and he moved into Ann’s house. Within a few hours of Bill’s arrival at the residence, the prosecutors asserted that she had murdered him with a rounders bat. She resumed her normal life after that, going to the theater, playing bingo with friends, and even going shopping with his credit cards. She went so far as to register his red Mazda automobile in her name and transfer the money from the sale of Bill’s property, which amounted to a total of 140,000 pounds, into her own personal bank account.

When Bill failed to show up for his appointment to get a flu shot, a general practitioner called the police, and shortly thereafter, law enforcement agents knocked on her door. She deliberately deceived the police by claiming that he had traveled to Ireland to pay his respects at a family member’s burial. In addition, she stated that Bill’s automobile had been vandalized, but the cops discovered it parked a few streets down the road. She was placed under arrest after the police discovered surveillance footage of her taking money from Bill’s account and finding the registration of his car in her name.

On October 8, 2010, the police discovered Bill’s bruised and naked body buried in a makeshift grave in her back garden. The grave was located in her backyard. His legs were bound together with a belt, and the rest of his body was covered with a shower curtain. On October 7, 2010, she voluntarily admitted her guilt for the crime. She allegedly told the investigators, “Yes, I admit to his murder, I killed him.” However, she denied any form of financial purpose behind the murder and said that it was all due to the heat of the moment. She was reportedly arrested for the crime.

Where is Ann Browning Today?
Ann insisted that she would have turned herself in after her son’s wedding in October of 2010, which took place in 2010. She claimed, “I love my son so much that I didn’t want to disrupt his pleasure because he was marrying the girl of his dreams.” However, the court did not accept her excuses and found her guilty of killing Bill. She was sentenced to life in prison.

In August of 2011, she was given a life sentence with the provision that she must spend a minimum of 25 years. In addition to that, a Confiscation Order in the amount of £250,293 was issued against her, which said that she was had to pay it as restitution to the estate of Bill in Surrey. She is currently doing her sentence at some prison in Surrey while she was in her mid-60s at the time.