The last hours of a mum who was killed by her partner before he died in a car crash have emerged at court. Becci Rees-Hughes had been stabbed multiple times and suffered head trauma before she died at her East Yorkshire home, Hull Coroner's Court heard.
At the opening of an inquest into her death, the court heard that police believe her partner Ben Crosby attacked and killed Becci at her home on Samman Road, Beverley, on July 25. It emerged that police were alerted after Crosby had called his parents to Samman Road, where they discovered Becci's body, Hull Live reports.
Crosby later died after a crash involving his car and a van following a police chase. Becci's murder shocked her community, with tributes paid to the Hull University student who was described as 'lovely, fun, caring and bright'.
