‘I strangled her boast by hubby in pub’
Superstar life & tragic death
Swansea crown court A HUSBAND almost got away with strangling his wife but boasted in a pub to a colleague that he had done it, a court heard.
Derek Potter, 64, killed Lesley, 66, with his hands at their home then made it look like she had hanged herself, the jury was told.
A paramedic said it was unusual the body was naked and Potter was “not in a lot of grief ” but he was not suspicious.
Just days before Mrs Potter’s body was due to be cremated Potter confessed to a colleague and asked her to move in with him.
Swansea crown court was told: “He told her he loved his wife, but she was ‘doing his head in’ and he had to strangle her.”
Potter, of Mumbles, Swansea, denies murder.
The trial continues. FREDDIE Mercury, of Parsi descent, was born Farrokh Bulsara in Zanzibar, Tanzania, on September 5, 1946.
He grew up in India, before his parents moved to England in 1964. In 1966, he enrolled at Ealing College of Art, West London. There, he met future Queen bandmates, drummer Roger Taylor and guitarist Brian May.
Mercury joined Taylor and May’s band, Smile, which became Queen in 1970. The same year, Mercury – always open about his bisexuality – met his long-term partner, Mary Austin. They lived together for seven years, and remained good friends till he died.
It is estimated that Queen sold as many as 300 million records. Their first album, Queen, came out in 1973, but the 1974 single Killer Queen was their big breakthrough. Bohemian Rhapsody followed in 1975, and Another One Bites the Dust in 1980.
Taking a break from the band, Mercury released his first solo album, Mr Bad Guy, in 1985. It stayed in the UK charts for 23 weeks. Queen got back together and played Live Aid later that year, and then went on an epic world tour.
On November 23, 1991, Mercury released a statement saying he had AIDS. He died the following day at his home in London, aged 45.