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Peter Ling and Linda Casey. Another Marital Affair. Another Murder.

Surrey, UK: February 19th

It started as lovers’ tiff in a woodland in Surrey, but ended in murder. The trial of Peter Ling has been told that the 50 year old Ling had been having an affair with 54 year old mother of three Linda Casey prior to the incident.

Both Casey and Ling had complicated personal lives. Casey had been married twice before and had separated from her husband but still lived with him at the same address. Her affair with Ling was one of two relationships she was carrying on.

It is alleged that it was Ling’s discovery that he wasn’t the only man in Casey’s life that led to the fatal argument, in which Casey was battered to death with a piece of flint, covered in leaves and left to decompose in the secluded woods.

John Coffey, prosecuting, told the courtroom how Casey would meet Ling on Thursdays and Saturdays and another man – named as Ian Tolfrey – on Friday. While Casey’s affair with Ling dated back as far as 2005, her daughter told the court that her mother had become “besotted” with Tolfrey, who she had only recently met.

The prosecution say that on the day of the murder, Ling and Casey had sex prior to a walk in the woods during which time Casey told Ling about Tolfrey. They allege that the discovery of a second man in her life made him ‘crazy’, saying that ’something inside him snapped… he picked up whatever was lying around and hit her with it”

Ling does not deny killing Casey and has entered a plea of manslaughter caused by provocation. The trial continues.

Of course, regular readers of these pages won’t be startled to see that extramarital sex can quickly spiral into murder. Like all such cases, complications arise and emotions get out of hand. We remind you to take precautions to keep yourself safe and trying to avoid emotional attachment remain the best protection against things getting far, far too heavy.

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