Ann Marie Pomphret was struck more than 30 times by her husband, DavidA bank employee bludgeoned his wife to death with a crowbar at their stables after he snapped following years of abuse, a court was told. David Pomphret, 51, admitted the unlawful killing of his wife, Ann Marie Pomphret, 49, at a hearing in May but denies murder on the grounds of a loss of self-control. He hit her over 30 times. In an unusual move, Richard Pratt, QC, for the defence, made an opening address to the jury at Liverpool crown court yesterday, telling them that Pomphret had been the model of restraint despite longstanding “vocal and sometimes violent” abuse. “This is a case where a quiet man finally snapped and unhappily he was a quiet man with a tool in his hand,” Mr Pratt…

Source: The Times September 30, 2019 23:02 UTC