The trial continues
A son found his mum's lifeless body 'face down' in the living room of their home after her husband admitted to killing her over text, a court has heard.
The man recalled that, when he was around 13 or 14 years old, Barrott started to track Eileen. He said: "Mark never liked it when she went on nights out. He bought a GPS tracker and he told me he was going to put it in her bag. He said if anything happened to her we would be able to find her. The man explained that he started to spend less time at home as he got older. He said Eileen had told Barrott she was leaving him in the weeks before her death. He said Barrott immediately stopped eating and started to show him photos from his childhood. He added: "He kept asking: 'If I kill myself, would you forgive me?'."
"I nearly did not answer it ," he said. "I did and said 'hi, are you alright?' She asked me if I was staying at home and if my mum and dad were okay. She said: 'I have received a really weird text from your dad saying he's killed your mum. "I could feel myself getting more and more angry," he said. "I was thinking it was one of his mind games. I opened the door and there was a smell I can't describe. All I can remember is seeing red. I did not go into the living room. I can remember shouting 'come here, where are you?'"
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