Man ’killed wife and himself after note alluding to affair posted through door’

A father-of-four murdered his wife then hanged himself weeks after an anonymous note alluding to his wife having an affair was delivered through the family door, an inquest in the UK heard.

Richard Pitkin, 65, fatally stabbed his wife Sarah, 58, in the neck then took his own life at the home they shared in Stowupland Street, Stowmarket, Suffolk, an inquest in Ipswich heard.