“Forcing and controlling” husband who killed his wife when he realized she was trying to get out of a toxic relationship, was imprisoned for at least 21 years old.
Mark Barrott who was the subject of nationwide hunt for murder in Winmoor area of Leeds, was traced 400 miles from the monastery. in north-East Scotland where he was using alias.
He admitted manslaughter but denied murder on grounds of less responsibility on grounds of mental illness. He claimed in court that he believed his wife was possessed by a demon and he wanted to kill It.
After a two-week jury trial at Leeds Crown Court, Barrott, now 55, was last month found guilty of eileen murder, who it was 50.
On Monday, Judge Andrew Hutton, sitting at the Crown Court of Bradford, imprisoned Barrott. for life with minimum term of 21 years old He described his crime how final act of control” after a long history of domestic violence.
Det Ch Insp Vanessa Rolfe, senior the investigator, said that Barrott was “responsible for terrible directory of coercive and controlling behavior against his wife Eileen, over number of years.
“When he realized that she was finally trying to break out of this toxic relationship, he acted with murderous intent. His cruel and selfish actions deprived Eileen of family and friends of She and left huge hole in their lives.”
Eileen has been a staff nurse at the NHS Teaching Hospitals in Leeds since 1996, most recently at St James’s Hospital. When she worked late, he would come there and demand know where she was. The court heard that he would turn up unannounced when she was out communication, staging and confrontation with her friends and colleagues.
Barrott harassed his wife physically and electronically using a mobile phone and tracking device hidden in her handbag. He will check her mobile phone and delete contacts it didn’t approve of.
In August last yearBarrot attacked his wife with with a hammer and strangled her, leaving her unconscious body to be found from an adult couple son. She was spoken dead paramedics.
Barrot went on in runwhile traveling to Edinburgh and Aberdeen. After a nationwide warning, he was tracked to Pluscarden Abbey, near Elgin, where he went into hiding. using alias of John Connolly.
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Rolf said she hoped the conviction and sentence would provide small measure of consolation for Eileen family and those who loved her.
“Controlling or coercive behavior in relationships have become a specific offense in 2015 and continues to be a priority for West Yorkshire Police and its partner agencies in our work fight domestic violence and deliver against our strategy to combat violence against women and girls to improve investigations and reduce offenses that disproportionately affect women and girls,” said Rolfe.
“We always encourage the victims or those who know about your situation to report it, or directly our security experts or any of our partner agencies, including the National Domestic Violence Hotline.”
