MURDER COPS HUNT VICTIM’S HUSBAND
Police warning as dad of two flees to Scotland
POLICE investigating the murder of a woman in Leeds have launched a manhunt to trace her husband who has travelled to Scotland.
Nurse Eileen Barrott, 50, was found dead by emergency services at an address in Whinmoor, Leeds on Sunday around 6.30pm.
The couple had lived in their terraced house for 20 years and have a grown-up son and daughter.
One neighbour said: “She worked like crazy through the last 18 months so for this to happen is so shocking.”
And another added: “It’s not like this area. It’s really quiet. That’s why it’s such a shock.”
A probe has been launched by West Yorkshire Police homicide and officers are looking to speak to her husband Mark Barrott, 54. They have also advised members of the public not to approach him.
Jobless Barrott left Leeds railway station by train at 1pm on Sunday and arrived at Edinburgh Waverley station at 4pm.
CCTV images of him at Leeds station have been released along with an image of him from 2015.
Senior Investigating Officer, detective chief inspector Vanessa Rolfe said: “We urgently need to speak to Mark Barrott in connection with the investigation and we are keen to hear from anyone who has seen him or who has any information that could assist in tracing him.
“He was last known to be at Edinburgh Waverley station at 4pm yesterday and we would like to hear from anyone who saw him then or since, or who can assist in establishing his current whereabouts.
“We would advise members of the public not to approach him but to contact the police immediately via 999 if they do see him.”
Police are also appealing to trace Barrott’s car – a silver Toyota Avensis, registration FJ51 ZHB – which is still believed to be in Leeds.