A former sports coach at a public school of £ 57,000 a year killed his wife in their parental home to come up with her life insurance policy after he started to see another woman, a court heard today.
Mohammed Samak, 42, who previously worked for Malvern College, is accused of stabbing interior designer Joanne, 49, after the couple 'drove apart' and struggled to find work.
Hockey player Samak, who represented Egypt at international level, has denied that he killed his wife in their house in Droitwich Spa, Worcestershire, in the early hours of July 1.
He claims that his wife stabbed herself in the stomach and breast to struggle with her mental health and alcohol and drink two bottles of wine four times a week.
But public prosecutors said that Samak wanted to characterize his wife as 'a alcoholic who got out of hand to strengthen his report that Joanne took her own life'.
He waited more than an hour before he called 999 and when 'did nothing' to help his dying woman told a 'pack of lies' about what had happened, the court heard.
HarPreet Sandhu KC said the case to him against him at Worcester Crown Court was opened, said that Mrs.'s family and friends were not worried about her drinks and jury members should consider whether Samak's extraterrestrial prominent aspects of Joanne's past would give to strengthen his suggestion that she was unstable enough to commit suicide. “
Mohammed Samak is accused of stabbing his interior designer wife Joanne (above, together)
Sandhu said: 'The police spoke with more than 30 from Joanne's family, friends and colleagues. The police also spoke with the suspect, Mohammed Samak.
“Of all those people, Mohammed Samak was the only person who suggested that Joanna showed signs of instability so that she could take her own life.”
He said that the jury had to consider whether a woman who had everything to live for … and a woman who had made many plans for the future, decided to take her own life 'by repeatedly stabbing herself or' alternative the man with whom She was married who was interested in another woman, financial worries and realized what he could get if Joanne Samak die, killed her. It will be a matter for you to determine where the truth lies. '
The court heard that the couple met in Egypt when Mrs. Samak was on vacation in 2011 and she returned to the country several times to visit him before they married there in 2014.
Samak moved to the UK in 2014. He worked as a hockey coach, but the employment was 'sporadic' and Mrs. Samak, who had set up her own design agency after she was superfluous, was the 'most important breadwinner'.
The court heard that Samak had drawn up a new job hockey in Beeston, Nottinghamshire, but it would only start in September.
Sandhu told jury members that Mrs. Samak had spoken with friends shortly before her death about the 'difficulties' in her marriage.
“She said she didn't love him and divorce him if she could, but believed that he” would not survive “in the UK without her,” he told the court.
Hockey player Mohammed Samak has denied that he killed his wife Joanne (depicted together)
Sandhu said jury members that Mrs. Samak had been raped and struggled when her father left the parental home when she was young. He said there were times in the past when she had damaged herself, but it was 23 years ago and something she had not repeated.
He told the jury members that she would turn 50 and had been planning her parties for months, including buying a new dress, selecting the wine she wanted to serve and ordered a birthday cake.
She also booked tickets to visit Paris with her best friend, bought gifts for an upcoming baby shower and had arranged to go to the theater in Birmingham.
She also had plans to redecorate her house and while she had pronounced some frustration that he [Samak] Had not organized to work in the summer 'Die frustration' not festivation '.
The court heard that Samak, on the other hand, had called a financial adviser in the month before his wife's death in an 'agitated and panic' in which he was asked if he could claim one of his policy if he could not work due to stress And depression.
The court heard that he told the financial adviser that he was struggling with his mental health and could not concentrate, but was told that he had no income protection because he had not signed and sent back documentation.
The court heard that Mrs. Samak had a life insurance policy worth £ 180,000 of which he would become the beneficiary. Sandhu said that the suspect was also a beneficiary to be her pension policy.
He said that Samak “had never been very religious,” but in the days before she died he carried out internet searches to mosques where he could get and pray.
Jury members were told that Samak had also had contact with a woman named Fadila Fadou. Mr. Sandhu said that the couple were exchanged from messages that it was clear: “He had feelings for her and he had a kind of future relationship with her.”
Police and forensic investigation on site in Droitwich Spa, Worcestershire, on July 2 last year
The court heard that the couple met in London in May last year for dinner after Samak 'somewhat ironically' led his wife to sort out his parking space for him.
Afterwards sent messages suggested that they 'kissing or at least very close together', while further reports indicated that he had said that he was not happy in his marriage.
Sandhu told jury members that weeks later Samak met Mrs. Samak's brother Vale when he suggested that he was 'dedicated' to Joanna.
Sandhu said, “The communication of the suspect and his meeting with Fadila Fadou can suggest otherwise.”
The court heard Samak complained about a lack of emotional bond with his wife.
In 2022 he would have 'reconnected' with Mrs. Fadou. The public prosecutor said it was clear from messages she had exchanged in March and April 2022 that “he had feelings for her and he had a kind of future relationship with her.”
In April 2022 he sent a message to her and said: 'A nice night and thank you very much for giving such a great feeling. Thanks also for the promise to give us a chance and see what we can do with a future plan. '
She replied: 'I will do my best to come, a wonderful evening Sam' followed by a series of emoticons and kisses.
Another message that Samak sent, said, “Morning Darling, I apologize if I am disturbed … Have a great day and I just want to say that I miss you so much.”
In April 2024, Samak and Mrs. Fadou had contact again. That took place in May 2024 and they spoke to each other by telephone and arranged to meet each other in June when Mrs. Fadou was in London – and gathered on 15 June 2024. Samak rode and paid for dinner.
On the day of her death, the neighbors reported to hear screaming at 3 o'clock, but Samak did not call emergency services up to 4.09 hours.
Sandhu said: 'Why did he wait for more than an hour between stabbing and called 999?
“We suggest that the suspect used that hour or so to find out what he was going to say ….. he was responsible for stabbing.”
Samak – who slept in front of his wife in a separate room – told the emergency services that he had found her on the floor with stab wounds when he got up at night to use the toilet.
The police investigation at the property
He claimed to have moved her to perform CPR, but police officers who arrived on the spot noticed that he had no blood in his hands, while paramedics distracted that she had been dead for a while.
Sandhu said that Samak was asked for the emergency services during the phone if his wife had stabbed herself. He said: “That is not a difficult question. In response, he said this “I think so, I think.”
“If it was real that Joanne had stabbed himself, it should have been a very clear” yes she did. “
“There were reasons why he was not clear. He knew that Joanne had not stabbed himself and he could not let himself say that he had stabbed her. '
'The reality is that he did not do anything to help Joanne … You see that the suspect already knew Joanne was dead because he had stabbed for more than an hour before he had made the call to 999 and he knew to be attempts to Trying to resuscitate Joanne would become useless.
“This was not a man who was overcome by emotion after the death of his wife, but a man who attentively thought of what he was going to say and why he was going to say it.
“By the time he called the emergency services in reality, there was nothing that they could do …”
He said that paramedics noticed that blood had started to collect in the lower parts of her body and that she was pale and cold.
Samak told the police that he had arrived at home the day before around 9 am after coaching in Cardiff. He claimed that his wife had told him that she “suffered from mental health problems.”
Sandhu said: “He lied to give the impression that” everything wasn't good “with Joanne to suggest that Joanne was unstable enough to commit suicide.”
After he initially said that he did not know what had happened, he later told detectives that he had seen his wife stabbing himself. He said she was “out of hand” and didn't know what to do.
Mrs. Samak suffered six stab wounds and died as a result of a wound on her chest.
Samak was head coach of the Welsh under the 18s boys 'and girls' hockey teams. He used to be a hockey coach at the Grammar school of Bishop Vesey and head coach of Jongenshockey at the payment of Malverns College, which costs up to £ 57,285 a year to participate.
Because of the past three weeks, the test continues.
