Controlling husband 'led wife to take her own life'

A MAN controlled his wife through physical and sexual violence, leading to her taking her own life because she could not escape him, a court heard.

- BY BEN MITCHELL

Christopher Trybus, 43, denies the manslaughter of Tarryn Baird, who died in November 2017, aged 34.

He also pleaded not guilty to charges of controlling and coercive behaviour, and two charges of rape.

The coercive control charge alleges Trybus controlled Ms Baird through using and threatening violence towards her, sexually assaulting her, monitoring her whereabouts, limiting access to finance, threatening to reveal private information to her family and isolating her from loved ones.