A husband killed his wife by pushing her down the stairs and putting a skipping rope next to her body to make it look like an accident after she discovered he was having an affair, a court has heard.The body of Louise Evans, 32, was found in the hallway at her home in Kidderminster, Worcestershire, after neighbours heard her scream followed by an 'almighty bang'.
Her husband, Alan, is alleged to have pushed his wife of 12 years and then smothered her as she lay unconscious in the early hours of July 10 last year.
By the time paramedics arrived at the couple's semi-detached house the mother-of-three’s body was already cold and she was in the early stages of rigor mortis, Worcester Crown Court heard.
The jury were told that just before she died, Mrs Evans has discovered her husband had been having an affair with Amanda Chadwick, in her 30s, who worked at St Mary's School, Kidderminster, where his three children attended.
Mr Evans and Ms Chadwick exchanged 'thousands' of text messages including ones detailing sexual acts, the court heard.
Prosecutor Jonas Hankin QC told the jury the Evans' had separated twice before he begged his wife to return.
Despite claiming he would break contact with his lover Evans bought a secret SIM card so he could chat with her without his wife knowing.
Mr Hankin told the court: 'We know Louise Evans suspected the affair, we can also see from the text messages between the defendant that she did not accept that he and Amanda were just good friends.
'On June 18 he told her the marriage was over because he no longer loved her. She left to stay at her mother's taking the children with her, leaving the defendant in the house by himself.
'She returned after he assured her he would try to make the marriage work, but she confided in a friend that he hadn't been holding up his end of the promise.
'Louise went on the internet to check his phone records where she said she found thousands of texts between the defendant and Amanda.
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