A "violent" ex tracked down his former partner after she escaped his alleged abuse - just months before she was found dead. Jessica Laverack, known as Jessie, moved around 60 miles away from her home to escape Patrick Walsh, an inquest into her death has heard.
Mr Walsh allegedly abused Jessie, and on one occasion is said to have grabbed her by the throat, Hull Live reports. Yet Mr Walsh was able to track her down - and is said to have sent her a letter before turning up at her home unannounced.
Jessie, who moved across Yorkshire from Rotherham to Beverley in 2017, was described as a "fiancé" by Mr Walsh - who told the court the pair "very much loved each other" the day before she died. She was found dead at her home on February 2, 2018, aged 34.
