Husband accused of driving wife to suicide through abuse cleared of manslaughter

Christopher Trybus at Winchester Crown Court where he has been on trial charged with the manslaughter of his wife Tarryn Baird, who died in November 2017 (Picture: PA)

A husband accused of driving his wife to suicide by subjecting her to a ‘tsunami’ of physical and sexual abuse has been cleared of all charges.

Tarryn Baird was just 34 when she was found hanged at the family home in Swindon in November 2017.

Her husband, Christopher Trybus, 44, was today found not guilty of her manslaughter at Winchester Crown Court. He was also cleared of coercive and controlling behaviour and two counts of rape.

Prosecutors said Trybus carried out ‘extensive and escalating controlling, coercive and manipulative behaviour including sexual violence’ over a ‘sustained period of time behind clo...