Double killimg at farmhouse (From Western Telegraph)

Double killimg at farmhouse

POLICE are looking at the possibility of a suicide pact between a couple involved in a tragic double killing on Boxing Day at an isolated farmhouse on the hillside between Newport and Dinas.

Richard Baker, aged 54, and his wife Susan, 55, were found dead from gunshot wounds at their home - at Parke on the hillside south of Dinas Cross - with a gun lying near their bodies.

Original reports indicate Mr Baker may have shot his wife before turning the gun on himself.

We are not looking for anyone else at this moment, said a police spokesman.

The alarm was raised when the police received a phone call, believed to be from Mr Baker, and the first neighbours knew was when the police arrived.

Mr and Mrs Baker had lived at Parke for four or five years, previously having resided at Velindre Farchog, where they ran a logging business. Shocked neighbours said the couple kept themselves very much to themselves on the remote smallholding and they only saw them when they passed.

Police are still investigating the incident and forensic experts and scenes-of-crime officers have been working at the house. Home Office pathologist Dr Stephan Ledbeatter and a ballistics expert are among those involved in the investigation.

A post mortem was conducted at Withybush Hospital on Thursday afternoon.

Police are preparing a report for the Pembrokeshire Coroner.