Optometrist accused of strangling his wife

A new jury has been sworn in at the trial of the optometrist accused of murdering his wife.
This latest development in the case of Narendra Tailor, who denies murdering his wife, on December 9 last year, emerged after the case started last week.
He and his part-time receptionist Manjinder Binning, are accused of murdering Sheila Tailor whose body was found in her car a month after she died.
The prosecution claims the optometrist strangled his wife before he and the part-time receptionist loaded it into the silver Audi. It is alleged Tailor then attended a nativity play his children were involved in.
Each deny murder, but Binning, 34, of Huggett Close, Rushey Mead, admits perverting the course of justice by helping Tailor, 39, of Quickthorns, Oadby, dispose of the body. Leicester Crown Court heard that Tailor disputes Binning's version of events, and claims he had no involvement in his wife's death.
The court heard how the body of Sheila Tailor, 34-year-old mother of two, was found on the back seat concealed under a blanket.
The prosecution also alleges that her husband who had been having an affair stood to gain a 250,000 insurance payout from his wife's death.
Gregory Dickinson QC, prosecuting, claimed that the optician had drugged his wife with ecstasy in the weeks leading up to her death, before strangling her. He said that Tailor had telephoned Binning at work saying 'I've done it' and asked for help.
'Binning found on the floor of the kitchen the dead body of Sheila Tailor, with a carrier bag over her head,' said Dickinson. 'Tailor said he'd hit her to stop her escaping and had put the bag over her head to stop the flow of blood and then strangled her with some cable.
'Binning said Tailor had been good to her by allowing her to bring her children to the shop and allowing long lunch hours, so she felt he was owed a favour.'
Dickinson said Tailor hoped to dupe police by leaving a trail of bogus text messages and mobile phone calls to give the impression that his wife had a mystery drug-dealing lover.
However, ecstacy traces found in the defendant's car, said Dickinson, were evidence that he had plied his wife with ecstacy to add credence to his story about her involvement in the drugs world.
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