A much-loved woman died at the hands of her own partner in "a harrowing case". Valdamara Zemaitiene had been having an affair but was still with partner, Vitoldas Platakis, who lived with her in a flat in Victoria Street, Newark.
Platakis struck her with so much force her spleen ruptured and she bled to death internally, Nottingham Crown Court heard on Thursday, May 26, as he was jailed for nine years and four months for her manslaughter. No one knows for sure the full extent and details of that fatal assault inside their own home on the night of July 21 to July 22 last year behind closed doors.
Miss Zemaitiene, who worked at a Newark car wash and supported him financially, was last seen on CCTV visiting her local shop to buy booze and cigarettes. Neighbours then heard an argument in the couple's home, shouting, banging, before the 51-year-old caused her death.
