Pilot killed wife after row over house sale
AN airline pilot murdered his estranged wife after she refused to lower the asking price of their former home.
Andrew McIntosh armed himself with a saucepan and also punched and kicked Patricia McIntosh, who died of head injuries on November 15 last year.
Jurors deliberated for just under three hours yesterday before rejecting McIntosh’s claims of diminished responsibility for the killing of 56-year-old Mrs McIntosh.
During a seven-day trial, McIntosh claimed he “just lost control” and was in a state of numb disbelief after the killing.
But the Crown claimed the 54-year-old, who was on stand-by to fly for travel giant TUI, acted in rage and frustration after driving to confront his wife at their former marital home in Knightcote, Warwickshire.
During evidence on the third day of his trial at Warwick Crown Court, McIntosh claimed he did not know what the “trigger” for the killing had been.
Under cross-examination by prosecutor Peter Grieves-Smith, McIntosh admitted he had not shown any regret during police interviews.
The court heard that the pilot returned to work with TUI in September 2017 after time off with stress.
He took an overdose in an attempt to take his own life in 2013, a year after suffering a heart attack.
The court was also told that McIntosh, then living in Woolscott, Warwickshire, had been drinking before he drove “across country” to attack his wife.
Lawyers for McIntosh argued that the twice-married pilot was guilty of the lesser offence of manslaughter.
McIntosh, who was born in Bradford and grew up on the Isle of Wight, will be sentenced later today.