Mohamed Samak, 42, claims he woke up at around 3am on July 1 last year to see his interior designer wife Joanne Samak, 49, stabbing herself at their home in Chestnut Spinney, Droitwich Spa.

Joanne Samak, 49, suffered six stab wounds, including one to her heart (West Mercia Police/PA) A hockey coach accused of his wife’s murder portrayed her as an alcoholic as part of a “character ...

Egyptian national Mohamed Samak denies murdering 49-year-old interior designer Joanne Samak in the early hours of July 1 last year, claiming she stabbed herself “repeatedly” before he found ...

Egyptian national Mohamed Samak denies the murder of 49-year-old interior designer Joanne Samak in the early hours of July 1 last year, claiming she had stabbed herself “repeatedly” before he ...

Joanne Samak was allegedly found by her husband, slumped on the bed with a knife in her stomach (West Mercia Police/PA) A hockey coach accused of stabbing his wife to death cried when police told ...

A hockey coach accused of his wife’s murder portrayed her as an alcoholic as part of a “character assassination” to support his “lies” that she took her own life, a court has heard.

Egyptian national Mohamed Samak, 42, denies killing Joanne Samak, 49, at their home in Droitwich Spa, Worcestershire, in the early hours of 1 July last year. Prosecutors told a jury at Worcester ...

Mohamed Samak, 42, who taught at Malvern College, claims he woke up at around 3am on July 1 last year to see his interior designer wife Joanne Samak, 49, stabbing herself at their home in Chestnut ...

Mohamed Samak, 42, claims he woke up in the early hours to see his wife Joanne Samak, 49, stabbing herself at their home in Chestnut Spinney, Droitwich Spa. Prosecutors have told Worcester Crown ...

Joanne Samak was found dead at the home she shared with her husband in July last year A man accused of stabbing his wife to death has claimed she "took her own life", a court has heard.

Mohamed Samak, 42, is accused of murdering interior designer Joanne, 49, after the couple 'drifted apart' and he struggled to find work. The hockey coach, who used to work at Malvern College ...