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| Ex-policeman Ivan Esack denies murdering wife | |
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| A former policeman stabbed his estranged wife to death because he could not cope with the idea of her being with someone else, a court heard. | A former policeman stabbed his estranged wife to death because he could not cope with the idea of her being with someone else, a court heard. |
| Ivan Esack, 38, from Ashford, Kent, denies murdering 33-year-old Natalie Esack at Esack Hair and Beauty in the town on 30 April. | Ivan Esack, 38, from Ashford, Kent, denies murdering 33-year-old Natalie Esack at Esack Hair and Beauty in the town on 30 April. |
| Jurors at Maidstone Crown Court were told that Mr Esack was "violent and controlling". | Jurors at Maidstone Crown Court were told that Mr Esack was "violent and controlling". |
| It is alleged he stabbed her up to 11 times at her salon in the High Street. | It is alleged he stabbed her up to 11 times at her salon in the High Street. |
| The court heard Mrs Esack was knifed with such ferocity the blade bent and the tip broke off. | |
| The former Kent Police officer could not deal with the idea that his estranged wife had started a new relationship so he murdered her, the jury was told. | |
| It was also claimed that Mr Esack was abusive in phone calls and text messages to her, and during one exchange he told her that she was a "walking dead woman", before saying "tick tock tick tock". | |
| The court also heard that he was threatening to his 5ft 1in wife who said that he had inflicted bruises on her. | |
| Prosecutor Philip Bennetts QC said: "It's the prosecution's case, after you have considered all the evidence, that you will conclude that the defendant was a violent and controlling person." | |
| The case continues. |