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Stephanie Wareham

Hockey coach who claimed wife stabbed herself found guilty of her murder

Joanne Samak, 49, died at her home in Chestnut Spinney, Droitwich Spa, after suffering six stab wounds (West Mercia Police/PA) -

A hockey coach who claimed his interior designer wife had stabbed herself to death has been convicted of her murder.

Mohamed Samak, 43, denied murdering Joanne Samak, 49, claiming he woke up at around 3am on July 1 last year to see her stabbing herself at their home in Chestnut Spinney, Droitwich Spa.

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