Singaporean accused of killing wife with pillow told UK police he wanted her to stop ‘nagging’
- Pek Ying Ling’s injuries reportedly consistent with her being smothered by pillow
- Her husband Fong Soong Hert was quoted as having told Newcastle police he ‘just wanted to keep her quiet’
A Singaporean man accused of murdering his wife in a hotel in England had suffocated her with a pillow to stop her from “nagging him”, British media reported on Monday.
Fong Soong Hert, 51, had pleaded guilty to manslaughter on March 18, but denied a charge of murdering his wife, Pek Ying Ling, British broadcaster BBC reported.
Pek, 51, was found dead at the County Aparthotel on Westgate Road, Newcastle, on December 6 last year. Fong was later arrested as a suspect.
A postmortem concluded that her injuries were consistent with her being smothered by a pillow, CNA reported.
Fong was later quoted as having told the Newcastle police, “I just wanted her to keep quiet”.
The couple had been on holiday in Europe to visit their children when Pek died.
BBC reported on Monday that the Newcastle Crown Court was told that Fong had murdered his wife in their hotel room on the morning of December 6 just hours before they were due to fly to Paris.
Fong then called his son, who was at a university in Newcastle, and told him: “I have hurt your mother. She’s gone. She’s dead.”