MURDER TRIAL: Maldon man strangled pregnant ex-girlfriend before...

A JILTED lover strangled his pregnant ex-girlfriend to death before leaving her body in a bath and fleeing the scene with their two children, a court was told today.The body of Isobel 'Becky' Parker was found by younger sister Sarah in her home in Burnham-on-Crouch on the afternoon of July 17, with her ex-partner of six years Matthew Smith arrested later that same day.Smith, 23, admits killing the mum-of-two, who was six months pregnant with a new partner, Shane Anderson, but denies murder on...