Overview
- At Winchester Crown Court, Christopher Trybus, 43, is on trial charged with manslaughter, controlling and coercive behaviour, and two counts of rape linked to his wife's 2017 death by hanging.
- Childhood friend Carina Silva told jurors Baird was "hysterical" as she described being raped and strangled with a belt, and said Trybus had hit her many times.
- Prosecutors highlighted roughly 25 photographs of bruising and phone data recovered from iCloud after Baird’s handset had been factory reset.
- The court heard a green diary seized in 2023 appeared to have the final three days of entries removed, and earlier entries described sex becoming increasingly rough.
- Trybus denies all charges, with the defence arguing sexual activity was consensual "kinky" bondage and citing mental-health factors, as the jury also heard Baird called a crisis line hours before she died.