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The Trial

Driven to Death? - “She was desperate for help.”

The Trial

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4.21.3K Ratings

🗓️ 3 April 2026

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

In this episode Caroline and Nick have the evidence from a Psychiatrist who said Tarryn Baird was “desperate for help” but she felt rejected by mental health services. Dr Philip Joseph said Tarryn was so ill she should have been sectioned. We also hear from colleagues of Chris Trybus who confirm he was abroad with work when his wife said he attacked her.


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Presenter: Caroline Cheetham and Nick Fagge

Actors: Andrew Blott

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.

0:08.5

Driven to Death.

0:10.1

I'm Caroline Cheatham.

0:11.7

And on Nick Fage.

0:13.3

A warning, this episode will outline evidence about suicide from the outset and allegations of domestic violence.

0:20.8

Today on the podcast, we've got evidence from

0:23.4

several colleagues of Chris Tribus that he was working abroad with them when Taryn Bird said

0:29.9

she was being beaten up. They also told the jury how there was banter in the team that whenever

0:35.6

they were out for dinner or drinks after work,

0:38.3

Chris would always speak to his wife on the phone and those phone calls made him smile.

0:42.8

We also heard from his sister-in-law that she was envious of how much Taryn and Chris adored each other.

0:49.1

And we've got the evidence from a psychiatrist who said Taryn was suffering from PTSD

0:53.6

and should have been sectioned to get the

0:55.9

help she needed. Yeah, he said the PTSD was rooted in the violent incident in South Africa that she

1:02.2

witnessed and then triggered years later when burglars tried to break into the house in Swindon.

1:09.2

He also said no one could know if domestic violence could lead to suicide.

1:14.5

Welcome to episode 13.

1:16.5

She was desperate for help.

1:18.4

We'll be back in a second. So we're at the end of the sixth week of this potentially landmark court case now.

1:46.4

That's the trial, of course, of Christopher Tribus, who, as we've said, many times, is accused of

1:51.8

causing his wife's death by subjecting her to a tsunami of abuse, which was how the prosecution

1:59.6

put it in the opening days six weeks ago. So he's accused

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