Malcolm Webster has bid to be buried next to Claire Morris thrown out Killer Malcolm Webster has had his bid to be buried beside the wife he was convicted of murdering thrown out. His victim Claire Morris, 32, was buried at the plot in Tarves, Aberdeenshire 19 years ago and Webster was involved in a long-running battle to be buried next to her. Webster owns the plot but Aberdeenshire Council have now refused permission for him to be laid to rest there. The 53-year-old, who is currently appealing his convictions, was sentenced to at least 30 years in prison in 2011 after he was convicted of murdering Miss Morris in a staged car crash in 1994 and attempting to kill his second wife. Miss Morris's family had even planned on having her remains exhumed and moved to another plot if Webster was successful in his bid. A spokeswoman for Aberdeenshire Council confirmed: "The murder conviction against Malcolm Webster has rendered his contract with the council, as relating to the lair at Tarves, void. As such, he would have no right to be buried in the same lair as Claire Morris. We are monitoring the ongoing appeal proceedings. During Webster's trial for the murder the court heard how he drugged his the wife before deliberately driving their car off the road and setting it alight. The couple were ma He was also convicted of trying to kill his second wife Felicity Drumm in a similar incident in New Zealand in 1999. Webster fled to New Zealand after killing Miss Morris with £200,000 he made from life insurance. He then married Miss Drumm and could have made £500,000 in life insurance after attempting to kill her. Webster returned to court in September to appeal his convictions.