Woman accused of murdering husband was abused by him for years, son says

Thomas Rawle tells court his mother’s husband, Ian Rawle, hit her with a riding crop and shovel and pushed her through a window

The son of a woman on trial for the murder of her husband has told a jury the dead man had subjected his mother to years of physical and psychological abuse.

Thomas Rawle, the son of Christine Rawle, said her husband, Ian, hit her with a riding crop and shovel and once pushed her through a closed bay window.