GREG Worrall, the boyfriend of murdered mother-of-four Linda Razzell, says he has tried his best to forget about the run-up to Christmas.

The 44-year-old of Windrush in Highworth is battling to get his life back on track after watching Linda's estranged husband Glyn convicted of killing her last month.

A jury at Bristol Crown Court found Razzell, a former investments manager with Swindon-based Zurich Financial Services, unanimously guilty of murdering Linda, 41, on March 19 last year.

Now Greg is planning to spend a quiet festive period at his brother's house in Llandeilo in Carmarthenshire with his 12-year-old son, Alex.

He said: "I'm going to see my brother in Wales for a chilled out Christmas but to be honest I have tried to ignore Christmas up until now.

"I went to see the film Elf with Alex and think it should be compulsory viewing where Razzell is. Once you take away all the Hollywood sugar it's about parenting, facing up to responsibility and redemption I would be willing to pay for that to be shown in prison.

"What has happened is always in the background, but my biggest problem is forming new relationships where do I start and when do I start?

"It would be better for me if Linda could be laid to rest or accounted for, but we have to consciously move forward and not get stuck. I just try not to worry about it now and give myself time.

"Sometimes I feel like Linda is around trying to reassure me. Either there is a heaven and it's part of life or it's wishful thinking, I don't know."

The first step for Greg was going back to work.

Razzell was found guilty on Friday, November 14 and the following Monday Greg was back doing his job as a quality, inspection and test operative at Honda in South Marston.

But he has also penned a song called This House, which when he strums along to on the guitar is his way of expressing how empty his life feels without Linda. He is also contemplating taking a course in psychology to try and understand what leads someone to murder.

He said: "I was thankful the verdict didn't drag on over the weekend it saved the agony.

"The people at Honda have been so supportive I believe it would have been wrong to stay away. I needed to get back into the swing of it so I went back to work first thing on the Monday morning.

"It has been strange. People talk about a roller coaster ride, but it's been more like snakes and ladders to be honest, I've had some pretty low lows and high highs.

"It feels like a weight has been lifted from my shoulders it's not easier, just different."