Coastguard ran over girlfriend and ‘staged her suicide’, court told

Rowan Sutton told coastguard colleagues Aimee Pike was suicidal, the court heard (Picture: Facebook)

A volunteer coastguard faked the suicide of his live-in partner after killing her and then contriving a road collision, a court heard.

Rowan Sutton is accused of running down Aimee Pike with his Land Rover in a dark country road nd then transporting her body, a jury was told.

The jury heard he then took her to a main road, placed her body on a low wall and waited for a van to pass the spot so that he could fake her suicide at 4am.

Mr Dawes said Sutton filmed the passing bakery van and then placed her body on the road and ...