A former St Helens and Wigan Warriors rugby star allegedly beat his estate agent girlfriend before he died of a suspected heart attack.
Jennie Platt is believed to have needed three operations after she was reportedly beaten by her long-term boyfriend Ricky Bibey. The 44-year-old mum-of-two is said to have been assaulted after they returned to the £350-a-night four-star Hotel Continentale in Florence in the early hours of July 16.
Jennie, whose friends have said had been with her 40-year-old boyfriend for three years, has only just been discharged from hospital but is still in Italy and needs a medical flight home. It has also been reported that a prosecutor investigating the incident had to wait more than a week to speak with her about what happened due to her injuries.
