Driven to Death? - Cleared

4/22/202636 min

In this episode Caroline and Nick have all the details from court as Chris Trybus was dramatically cleared of killing his wife. The jury took over 40 hours to deliberate, but they decided he did not rape or coercively control Tarryn Baird and he was not responsible for her suicide.

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Presenter: Caroline Cheetham and Nick Fagge

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First 90 seconds

Speaker 00:00
[knocking] The Crime Desk, arresting podcasts Welcome to The Trial UK: Driven to Death.
Caroline Cheetham· Host0:09
I'm Caroline Cheatham.
Nick Fagge· Host0:10
And I'm Nick Fage.
Caroline Cheetham· Host0:11
So in the last few minutes, in a landmark trial in an English court, a man has been cleared of being responsible for the death of his wife from years of abuse. He was also cleared of raping his wife and of coercively controlling her. So Chris Tribus had denied all of the charges of manslaughter, rape, and coercive control, and today, in the last few minutes really, the jury in Winchester believed what he told them. They believe that Tarron Baird took her life because she was seriously unwell, suffering, we were told during this trial, from PTSD and mental illness. They also believed the so-called rape tape that we heard in court several times was not an attack, but consensual sex, and they did not believe that Chris Tribus domestically abused Tarron Baird physically, mentally, and sexually.
Nick Fagge· Host1:06
Today, the jury decided that when Tarron Baird took her own life, and she wrote this suicide note, she was suffering from extreme mental illness. Her note was read during the trial to the jury by the prosecutor. That's Tom Little KC.
Tom Little· Soundbite1:18
"To my family, I am so sorry, but I just couldn't take it anymore. 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

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