Dad kills wife then himself in in-law row
French pay tribute to valiant Tommies
TRAGEDY Kiril and Lana
A HUSBAND strangled his wife then hanged himself while their two-year-old son slept in his cot, an inquest heard.
Pizza Express chef Kiril Nemcev, 32, attacked optometrist Lana, 33, after a row about her mother moving in with them.
Their lodger found their bodies last September.
Nemcev had cable ties around his hands and a superficial stab wound in his stomach which Lana is thought to have inflicted.
The couple had moved to the UK from their native Latvia and their son was unhurt in Burton, Staffs.
South Staffordshire coroner’s court heard he researched divorce online.
Coroner Andrew Haigh recorded verdicts of unlawful killing and suicide.
French bagpiper
FRENCH villagers paid a poignant tribute yesterday to the 20,000 British soldiers who died in the first hours of the Battle of the Somme.
They were adamant it must go ahead, despite the coronavirus crisis, 104 years after the men died on the British Army’s bloodiest ever day. Because of social distancing, only a few could honour
At battlefield
who gave their lives on July 1, 1916, as the First World War raged.
At 7.28am, the moment battle began, a French bagpiper walked around the huge Lochnagar crater in pouring rain playing “The Battle of the Somme”.
As he finished, those present, including children, symbolically blew whistles, the signal for soldiers to “go over the top” and advance on the German lines, only to be mown down.
It is the first time in 45 years the crater’s owner Richard Dunning could not attend the annual event in Northern France. He was stranded in the UK by corona travel restrictions.
Local resident Brit Julie Thomson said: “We came here to pay tribute to ordinary men who did extraordinary things. The support of Christian Bernard [mayor of the village of Ovillers-la-Boisthose selle] and the local community has been incredible. They help maintain the crater, offer support in a quiet, respectful way.”
War historian Peter Jones said: “The fact people of the Somme are determined to pay their respects in these difficult times is hugely impressive.”
BRIT JULIE THOMSON WHO LIVES IN THE AREA
The local people’s support is quiet and respectful