Eastbourne Murder Sites - Channel View Road, Eastbourne

Murder Site

Channel View Road

Eastbourne

Date - 17th August 2003
Victim - Susan Janet Bailey (1946-2003)
Murderer - Nicholas Terence Bailey (1945-2004)

Nicholas 'Terry' Bailey

Nicholas Terence Bailey was an accident waiting to happen he was a violent husband and a drunk. He never achieved anything in his worthless life, as an ex offender he could never get a job except for the usual dead end occupations like window cleaning and dish washing. He was a seedy man who had been imprisoned for raping an underage girl in 1960, and  had other sex offences on his record. His long suffering wife Sue had finally found the courage to leave him and start a new life but control freak Bailey (known as Terry), wasn't going to let that happen, and on the 17th of August 2003 he left his home in Gilbert Road and made his way to her new home. When he arrived he forced his way in and tried to rape her, as she fought back naked, he strangled her and fled the scene. He informed his son what he had done and in a bizarre suicide attempt told his son to run the car over his head, this failed. But later the coward did manage this when he was found dead in his cell at Lewes prison.

He was a frequent drinker in all the low dives around the area where he lived and when news of the murder broke, one landlord of a pub where Bailey drank (The Windsor Tavern) went so far as to accuse the victim as the villain of the tragedy. The Landlord later even went so far as to announce to the local newspaper that he would try and make Baileys funeral a 'Big Affair' after the madman had killed himself in prison.

Crazed Husband Charged With Murder

 Tuesday 26 August 2003 

A MAN has appeared in court charged with the murder of his wife.Nicholas Terence Bailey, 58, is accused of strangling Susan Bailey in her home at Channel View Road.He was charged by police on Saturday and appeared before magistrates on Monday.Bailey, of Gilbert Road, was remanded in custody to appear at a preliminary hearing at Lewes Crown Court on September 3.He is accused of murdering his wife between Friday August 15 and Sunday August 17.No bail application was made during the seven-minute hearing. Bailey spoke only to confirm his name.The body of Mrs Bailey was discovered at a house in Channel View Road just before midday on Sunday August 17.An inquiry led by Detective Superintendent Chris Gillings, from Sussex Police's Major Crime Branch, was immediately launched.Eastbourne Police worked with scenes of crime officers and a team from the force's Major Crime Branch.

Murderer Found Dead in Prison Cell 19th May 2004

A man on trial accused of murdering his wife has been found dead in his prison cell during the night.Painter and decorator Nicholas Terry Bailey was on trial at Lewes Crown Court charged with the murder of his 58-year-old wife Susan. Mr Bailey, also 58, and from Gilbert Road, Eastbourne, was found dead in his cell at Lewes Prison early on Wednesday by prison officers. The cause of his death is not yet known and an investigation has been launched. Mrs Bailey's body was found at her home in Channel View Road, Eastbourne, last August. The prosecution in Mr Bailey's trial alleged he killed her after finding she had moved out of their marital home when he came home from a golfing holiday in Portugal. Mr Bailey had denied murder and on Tuesday, the day before his death, had told the court he had been "devastated" when his wife left him but admitted their marriage had been volatile.

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