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The Trial

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🗓️ 31 March 2026

⏱️ 24 minutes

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In this episode Caroline and Nick have the dramatic and at times combative exchanges in court as Chris Trybus defended himself against charges of manslaughter, rape and coercive control. He was taken to task by Tom Little KC who said his wife had accused him of being a wife beater and a rapist. And he was asked if he’d removed messages on his phone because they were incriminating. Chris Trybus said he was shocked by his wife’s accusations and he couldn’t reconcile them with his memories.

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Presenter: Caroline Cheetham and Nick Fagge

Actors: Lucy Ryan and Rhys Hanson

Producer: Chelsey Ranore

Editor: Chelsey Ranore

Creative Director: Caroline Cheetham

Production Manager: Vittoria Cecchini

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0:00.0	Welcome to the trial UK, driven to death. I'm Caroline Cheatham. And I'm Nick Fage.
0:12.8	A quick warning, this episode will outline evidence about suicide from the outset and also allegations of domestic violence. So today on the podcast, we've got
0:24.1	the pretty intense exchanges between Chris Tribus and the prosecutor Tom Little, Casey.
0:31.1	Yes, over four days in a witness box, Chris Tribus was grilled about the so-called rape tape
0:36.3	and Terran's allegations of domestic violence.
0:39.6	He was asked why he wasn't angry that she'd accused him of being a wife-beater and she was
0:46.6	the reason he was on trial for rape. He was also accused of deleting messages from his mobile phone
0:52.7	in case they were incriminating.
0:55.0	And he was asked time and time again, why he refused to give the police the explanation
1:00.8	he was now telling the jury.
1:03.6	Welcome to episode 12, no comment.
1:06.7	We'll be back in a second.
1:33.0	Thank you. We'll be back in a second. So welcome back to the podcast and Winchester Crown Court, where the man on trial,
1:39.1	that's Chris Tribus, of course, has just finished giving his evidence in the witness box.
1:47.1	And what we're going to bring you today, really, is how he stood up to being cross-examined by Tom Little Casey, who of course is the prosecutor. Now, actually, he's the country's most senior prosecutor, and this is a landmark
1:53.9	court case. So he was never going to give Chris Tribus an easy time in the witness box, and it's safe to say that he didn't. But that's all to come
2:05.1	today. First, Nick, we should just finish where we left off on Friday. And that was Chris Tribus
2:11.5	finishing giving his evidence to his own barrister. That's Katie Thorne, Casey. So let's just
2:17.4	finish up what he was saying to her in terms of his version of what happened.
2:22.9	That's right, yes.
2:23.7	So he basically been giving his version of events,
2:25.9	and that is that he didn't cause his wife Taryn Bairn Baird to kill herself
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