Jacqueline Sturgess was using a screwdriver to dismantle a desk when her estranged husband came from behind, swinging a 1.8kg sledgehammer against the back of her head, a court has been told.
The mother-of-two suffered severe skull fractures and died on the floor of the house she had shared with her husband of 17 years, while he discarded the weapon and went drinking, prosecutors allege.
