A HUSBAND has been found not guilty of killing his wife after she was allegedly driven to suicide by a “tsunami of abuse”.
Christopher Trybus was charged with manslaughter after Tarryn Baird was found hanged at home in Swindon, Wiltshire, at the age of 34.
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Tarryn Baird took her own life after suffering abuse from her husband, jurors heard Credit: Michelle Baird
Christopher Trybus has been found not guilty of manslaughter Credit: Solent
The 43-year-old allegedly trapped her in an abusive relationship by isolating her from friends and family, controlling her finances and monitoring her whereabouts.
Trybus was also accused of twice raping Tarryn and threatening her with violence in a twisted bid to make her stay.
The abuse was said to have led to a deterioration in Tarryn’s “already weakened mental state” and was a “cause of her deciding that she should take her own life”.
Trybus has now been convicted of found not guilty of manslaughter, controlling and coercive behaviour and two charges of rape against her.
Winchester Crown Court heard the couple, both from South Africa, moved to the UK in 2007 and married in 2009.
Trybus was accused of carrying out “extensive and escalating controlling, coercive and manipulative behaviour including sexual violence of two rapes and other sexual assaults”.
He allegedly controlled “many aspects of their relationship” using the “threat and fear of physical and sexual violence” to make Tarryn stay.
The court heard that in November 2017, Tarryn was found dead alongside a heartbreaking note.
It read: “To my family, I am so sorry but I just couldn’t take it any more.
“I know you may not understand this but I just can’t explain the dark cloud that is over me.
“Please don’t let this break you but know I am now free. Nothing any of you could have done could have changed this, please just know that.
“I love you and please forgive me.”
Tom Little KC, prosecuting, told jurors Tarryn had “not managed to escape” her husband – “despite seriously considering doing so on a number of occasions”.
He added: “It led ultimately in November 2017 to a woman in just her thirties and whose name is Tarryn Baird taking her own life by hanging.
“She was the defendant’s wife and the prosecution say that the defendant is legally responsible for her death.”
But Trybus blamed Tarryn’s injuries on “rough sex” and claimed an injury on her neck was caused by a “collar” worn during sex.
He also claimed that an audio recording from her phone was of a “kinky bondage type sex” that was consensual.
Trybus also said his wife presented a “facade” to health professionals because of her own mental health issues, the court heard.
Tarryn was found dead at home in 2017 Credit: Michelle Baird
Trybus, pictured with his current wife Bea, denied the charges Credit: Solent
