A woman who was allegedly driven to suicide by her husband after a campaign of physical and sexual violence left a note saying she 'just couldn't take it anymore', a court has been told. The coercive control charge alleges that Trybus controlled Ms Baird through using and threatening violence towards her and sexually assaulting her. Prosecutors said Ms Baird 'stopped his control over her in the only way she felt she could - by taking her own life'. The prosecutor said that at first Ms Baird reported suffering injuries from being 'clumsy' such as during exercise or falling down the stairs. He said that Ms Baird had been diagnosed as possibly having PTSD, having witnessed and suffered from armed car-jacking incidents in South Africa.

Source: Daily Mail February 24, 2026 14:07 UTC