Swindon man accused over wife’s suicide tells court it was ‘worst day of his life’

Christopher Trybus is charged with manslaughter and two counts of rape and coercive and controlling behaviour

A man accused of subjecting his wife to a campaign of “physical and sexual violence” said finding out she had died by hanging was the “worst day of my life”.

Tarryn Baird, 34, was found dead at her home in Swindon, Wiltshire, on 28 November 2017. Christopher Trybus, 43, is charged with his wife’s manslaughter as well as two counts of rape and coercive and controlling behaviour. He denies all the charges.