Coronavirus sufferer ‘beat wife to death’

A husband bludgeoned his wife to death after she asked him to move out because he was suffering from coronavirus, a court heard today (Tues). Hussein Egal, 65, allegedly murdered 57-year-old Maryan Ismail at their flat in Edmonton, north London on April 6. Concerned neighbours had contacted police some time after 6pm, the Old Bailey heard. ‘When police went to the defendant’s flat, they found his wife,’ said Jonathan Polnay prosecuting. ‘She was dead and had been for some time….