Police search property for body of murdered businessman Jesse Richards,

Police search property for body of murdered businessman Jesse Richards,

Police are searching a property in a picturesque village for the body of a murdered businessman who disappeared over a decade ago.

Dad-of-three Jesse Richards, 40, was killed in a "merciless and sustained" attack in Evesham, Worcs., in July 2009 - but his remains have never been found.

Detectives believe his body was taken to Warwickshire and disposed of after he was attacked by a gang of armed thugs over a £1 million drugs debt.

The "passive family man" was said to have begged for his life before he was brutally assaulted with a range of weapons, including a pickaxe, and bundled into a van.