Medical evidence of violent attack proved Evans' guilt

Medical evidence helped to prove to jurors that Alan Evans was guilty of murdering his wife Louise.

During the trial, Worcester Crown Court heard that she suffered bruising to her face and fractures to the inside of her eye socket, which a Home Office pathologist said was most likely to have been caused by a punch or kick to the face.

Neighbours also gave evidence they heard Mrs Evans, who was 32, scream earlier that evening before heavy footsteps from the house in Stoney Lane, Kidderminster. A short while later, they said they were woken by the sound of Alan Evans sobbing.

Mobile phone records showed Evans had exchanged more than 12,000 text messages with his mistress, Amanda Chadwick, during their four-month affair.

He called it off a week before Mrs Evans died - but, just hours before she was found dead at the bottom of the stairs at their home, he bought a "secret" SIM card which he used to send his lover a blank message.