Swindon man accused over wife’s suicide tells court it was ‘worst day of his life’

Christopher Trybus is charged with manslaughter and two counts of rape and coercive and controlling behaviour A man accused of subjecting his wife to a campaign of “physical and sexual violence” said finding out she had died by hanging was the “worst day of my life”. Tarryn Baird, 34, was found dead at her home in Swindon, Wiltshire, on 28 November 2017. Christopher Trybus, 43, is charged with his wife’s manslaughter as well as with two counts of rape and coercive and controlling behaviour. He denies all the charges. On Friday, Winchester crown court heard about the day Baird was found dead in Swindon, Wiltshire, on 28 November 2017. Trybus was on a work trip in Stuttgart, Germany, when he received the news. “I was just in such a state of shock and it hit me. I went back to my desk and booked a flight,” he said. He said that as he was on his way to the airport to return home, he “broke down” in tears. “Halfway down the drive, I broke down and cried. I got to the airport, dumped the car, asked them to put me at the front of the plane because I wanted to get out as soon as possible,” he said. “It’s not something anyone can prepare themselves for; it’s a cl