Andrew Searle, 65, and his wife Dawn, 56, were found dead by a horrified neighbour outside their idyllic house in Les Pesquies, north of Toulouse, last Thursday.
A British man who was found dead with his wife at their home in rural France had experienced financial problems and had to liquidate his holiday letting business, it has emerged.
The couple moved to France ten years ago after Mr Searle took an early retirement in 2015. He went on to experience financial troubles, mainly with his pension, and had taken months to pay a bill of several thousand euros, according to reports. Less than 24 hours before he was found dead, Mr Searle seemed happy and relaxed as he bought a chocolate bar and two lottery tickets before thanking the shopkeeper and going to his car outside where his wife, aged in her mid-50s, was waiting
'They were such a friendly couple and had a barbeque every year at the end of the summer and everyone was invited.'He was very agitated, and he was arguing violently in English, he just waved at me and then carried on. I don't know, maybe it's relevant but I can't see burglary as a motive. 'It will take a few days to work out the finer details but the suggestion it was a break-in gone wrong is losing ground.
Meanwhile former colleagues have reacted sceptically to the suggestion that Mr Searle could have been targeted due to his fraud investigation work.
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