‘I knew he must have done something terrible’ Last week, Paul Newman made headlines for the murder of his estranged wife Geraldine and their two children, Shannon 11, and Shane, six, before killing himself.
Newman had a history of violence and had served 17 weeks in jail in 2013 for beating his wife, yet was released and categorised as “low risk” and authorities reportedly stopped monitoring him a year after his release.
Though Geraldine took him back, Newman’s violent attacks continued before she threw him out in December last year. Last week he carried out the horrific murders at the family home in Allerton Bywater, Leeds, where Newman, 42, is believed to have battered Geraldine, 51, to death with a hammer and stabbed their children, before throwing himself off a…
