Man wrongly thinks wife cheated on him, murders her and two children before jumping off cliff
Paul Newman, 42, struck wife Geraldine, 51, to death with a hammer before stabbing his son Shane, six, and daughter Shannon, 11, over 22 times to their deaths.
A man jumped to his death from the cliff where he had proposed to his wife after murdering her and their two young children, a court has heard.
Wakefield Coroner's Court heard that Paul Newman, 42, battered his wife Geraldine, 51, to death with a hammer before fatally stabbing his son and daughter.
Newman committed the horrific crimes after he was wrongly convinced that Geraldine was cheating on him with another man. After murdering his family, the killer left for a 180-mile train journey from Leeds, West Yorks, to the Isle of Anglesey in Wales, where he climbed to the top of a 240 ft cliff and plunged to his death.
It was the same spot where he had asked Geraldine to marry him 17 years ago, Mirror reports.