A former international hockey player accused of stabbing his wife to death told a previous court hearing he “couldn’t keep lying anymore” about his account of her death, a jury has heard.
Egyptian national Mohamed Samak denies murdering 49-year-old interior designer Joanne Samak in the early hours of July 1 last year, claiming she stabbed herself “repeatedly” before he found her slumped on a bed with a knife in her stomach at their home in Chestnut Spinney, Droitwich Spa, Worcestershire.
