Ex-hockey coach 'stabbed wife to death' then cried when told 'she didn't love you', court hears

Mohamed Samak is accused of stabbing woman Joanne Samak to decease successful July past twelvemonth astatine location successful Droitwich Spa, Worcestershire, claiming she inflicted the injuries connected herself

A antheral accused of stabbing his woman to decease aft becoming funny successful different pistillate and getting into wealth problems cried arsenic detectives told him "she doesn't emotion you", a tribunal heard.

Mohamed Samak allegedly murdered interior decorator Joanne Samak, 49, successful the aboriginal hours of July 1 past twelvemonth astatine their location successful Droitwich Spa, Worcs. The 42-year-old nevertheless claims Joanne's injuries were self-inflicted, having repeatedly stabbed herself earlier being recovered slumped connected a furniture with a weapon successful her abdomen.

Samak is connected proceedings astatine Worcester crown court, wherever a assemblage heard a transcript connected Tuesday of his constabulary interrogation 2 days aft Joanne's death. He was told by officers that she had confessed to a person that she did not emotion him and "I privation I could divorcement him".

Egyptian nationalist Samak, an ex-international hockey manager and subordinate for the country, became upset successful the interview, saying: “She ne'er said that. I privation she did. If she is not blessed astir our relationship, wherefore is she not bringing it out? I bring retired stuff. She ne'er said to maine thing astir that, it is the archetypal clip I perceive this. I near my career, my country, I near my household down for her. She said she loved me, she said she didn’t person immoderate problems.”

He was besides quizzed connected wherefore helium had told constabulary helium recovered Joanne dormant connected the furniture earlier claiming she had stabbed herself, arsenic detectives accused him of changing his communicative astir determination being nary noises from his woman aft being told a neighbour had heard an "almighty scream" from the house.

He responded: “I was frightened of the situation, I was scared. I didn’t mean to lie.” When asked by officers wherefore it took him much than an hr to telephone 999 and if helium utilized that clip to “try and enactment retired however to screen up” what had taken place, helium said: “I tried to help, I tried to halt her. I didn’t bash it, I was successful a precise hard situation. I stopped thinking. Everything was truthful quick.”

Samak denied that the mates had argued and that helium had “lost control”, said helium did not inflict the injuries connected her and denied that they had wealth problems. He besides told constabulary helium would “never ever” cheat connected his wife, adjacent though helium had been speaking to different pistillate and had met up with her successful London.

The proceedings was antecedently told that Samak had made a telephone to a indebtedness proposal work and shared worries astir not being capable to wage his information of the household bills, which his woman would inquire him to nonstop to her each month. In 1 WhatsApp connection sent to her hubby successful December 2023, Mrs Samak apologised for being “an aged nag” arsenic she reminded him helium needed to transportation her money.

Analysis of his mobile telephone had besides shown helium had made assorted searches for nightshift jobs successful hotels, retail enactment and transportation operator jobs. Samak denies murder. The proceedings continues.