Doomed ‘fairytale romance’ of childhood sweethearts

An Englishman who had planned to start a new life with Sarah Hines days before she and her two children and a friend were murdered has told how their relationship had been a fairytale romance.

Chris Bradley was 35 when his 25-year-old partner was found dead.

The self-defence consultant and Ms Hines had been childhood sweethearts in Chapel Street, Essex.