Jamaican man suspected of killing British spouse and daughter earlier than committing suicide

A Jamaica-born man is alleged to have killed his British spouse and their seven-year-old daughter earlier than turning the gun on himself in Surrey, England.

Surrey police say they’re presently investigating what they describe as a suspected case of murder-suicide.

Useless are 45-year-old Emma Pattison, head trainer of Epsom Faculty; her 39-year-old husband George Pattison, a chartered accountant; and their daughter Lettie.

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Mr. Pattison is believed to have carried out the murders on the household dwelling on the varsity grounds earlier than taking his personal life on February 5.

The police have confirmed {that a} firearm which is licensed and registered to Pattison was discovered on the scene.

Investigators are awaiting the post-mortems to substantiate the official causes of demise.

It’s understood that Mrs. Pattison referred to as a relative someday late on Saturday, February 4.

By the point the member of the family arrived within the early hours of Sunday, February 5, they had been already lifeless.

Mr. Pattison was born in Kingston, Jamaica, and married Emma in 2011. He was a graduate of Durham College.

He ran his personal enterprise, usually working from dwelling, and owned luxurious vehicles, former neighbors stated.

He began Tanglewood 2016 Ltd in October of that yr, having beforehand been a director of Rees Charles Capital Restricted. He was the corporate’s sole director, and was the most important shareholder with 112 shares within the firm and his spouse proudly owning 20 shares.

Though the enterprise had £38,048 in belongings, it confronted tax and social safety prices of £30,350 and financial institution mortgage and overdraft of £7,535, leaving the corporate with barely any money reserves.

The accounts for the enterprise, printed in Could final yr and protecting the yr ending October 31, 2021, present Mr. Pattison additionally had an impressive mortgage from his firm of £14,076.

Mrs. Pattison was appointed the primary feminine head trainer of Epsom Faculty 5 months in the past. The co-ed college was based in 1855 and describes itself as being persistently among the many UK’s main faculties, based mostly on examination outcomes.

The varsity was closed for 2 weeks after what it described because the “extremely distressing” particulars emerged about how Mrs. Pattison died. Courses resumed this week after the midterm break.