‘Man killed wife over sex name’
Wednesday, February 18th, 2009A JEALOUS husband strangled his wife after she called out another man’s name while they were having sex, a court has heard.
Colin Scully, 53, denies murdering his wife Tracey despite admitting to police he had strangled the 39-year-old while they had sex on the night of April 11 last year.
He told officers that his wife had called out ‘Paul’ – the name of a man from a scooter club they had known since 2007 – who Tracey had been sending explicit messages to.
A jury at Leeds Crown Court was told that Scully said the mentioning of other men “blew his mind”.
Police were called to their home in Bridlington, East Yorks, on April 12 after Scully called 999.
Prosecutor James Sampson said Scully had strangled his wife before leaving her for the night and going to sleep in their children’s bedroom.
He said: “He knelt on her chest, causing bruising, and pinned her down crucifix style to the bed, where he strangled her using one arm.”
He told the jury Scully only used one hand as his left hand was withered as a result of polio when he was young, while his wife suffered from multiple sclerosis.
Scully told police he remembered pushing his wife down on the bed before walking out and sleeping in the other room.
The court heard the couple had a stormy relationship and Wendy Wild, Tracey’s mother, said Scully would accuse her daughter of having affairs – including one he thought she was having with the man at the scooter club.
Simon Bourne Arton QC, for the defence, said Tracey had behaved in a “flirtatious and outgoing manner” when they visited the scooter club and wore tight and revealing clothes.
The court heard on the morning of April 12, Scully had made the 999 call saying: “I’ve done something to my wife. I don’t know what I’ve done.”
In his interview with police, he said: “I strangled her, didn’t I?”
Mr Sampson said: “He denied meaning to have killed her, but what else could he have meant?”
The trial continues.
Original Story: thesun.co.uk



