‘Controlling’ Leeds man who killed wife jailed for at least 21 years
by Mark Brown North of England correspondent from World news | The Guardian on (#629CX)
Mark Barrott had long history as abuser, stalking his wife Eileen physically and electronically
A coercive and controlling" husband who murdered his wife when he realised she was trying to break free from what was a toxic relationship has been jailed for at least 21 years.
Mark Barrott, who was the subject of a nationwide manhunt after the murder in the Whinmoor area of Leeds, was traced 400 miles away to a monastery in north-east Scotland where he was using an alias.
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