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Pilot battered wife to death after she refused to lower their home's asking price

Andrew McIntosh, 54, was found guilty of murdering his wife (Picture: SWNS)

An airline pilot has been found guilty of murdering his estranged wife after she refused to lower the asking price of her home.

Andrew McIntosh armed himself with a saucepan and battered Patricia McIntosh, 56, to death on November 15 last year.

McIntosh said he just lost control and claimed diminished responsibility for the killing.

But prosecutors argued that the 54-year-old, who was on stand-by to fly for travel giant TUI, acted in rage, anger and frustration after driving to confront his wife at their marital home in Knightcote, Warwickshire.

McIntosh claimed he did not know what the trigger for the killing was as he gave evidence at Warwick Crown Court.

FILE PICTURE - Patricia McIntosh. An airline pilot has been found guilty of murdering his estranged wife in a fit of rage in Knightcote, Warwickshire, last year. See NTI story NTIPILOT. At Warwick Crown Court today (Wednesday 23 May), a jury found Andrew Thomas McIntosh, 54, of Woolscott, guilty of murdering Patricia McIntosh on the 15th November 2017. On that evening, Andrew McIntosh, a ?100,000-a-year TUI pilot went to their marital home in Knightcote to discuss the sale of the property. Patricia repeatedly asked him to leave, but Andrew McIntosh ignored her pleas and consumed with anger he beat her to death; striking her multiple times to the head with punches, kicks, and a saucepan. He then drove home and drank a bottle of wine, leaving Patricia to die from her injuries. Friends of Andrew McIntosh reported their concerns to police who attended the property where they discovered Patricia, who was pronounced dead at the scene.

Patricia McIntosh was estranged to her pilot husband when they got into an argument over their homes asking price (Picture: SWNS)

FILE PICTURE - GV of floral tributes left at 'Grass Yard' in the village of Knightcote in Warwickshire where former pilot Andrew McIntosh attacked his estranged wife Patricia and left her with severe head injuries and she later died. An airline pilot who killed his estranged wife in a row over their marital home hit her so hard with a saucepan of peas it was left dented and covered in blood, a court heard. See NTI story NTIMURDER. Andrew McIntosh, 54, is accused of murdering mum-of-one Patricia, 56, as they rowed over the ??300,000 bungalow. A court heard he picked up a pan of peas and battered her in the kitchen of the property in Knightcote, Warks. He is also accused of kicking and stamping on her as she lay on the kitchen floor. Warwick Crown Court heard the ??100,000-a-yeard TUI pilot killed Patricia after flying into a rage after confronting her at the country home on November 15 last year. The jury were shown the badly dented black-handled saucepan which the prosecution say was the murder weapon.

Floral tributes are left at Patricias home (Picture: SWNS)

Under cross-examination by prosecutor Peter Grieves-Smith, McIntosh admitted he had not expressed regret for the killing during police interviews.

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The court heard that McIntosh, who returned to work with TUI in September 2017 after time off with stress, took an overdose in an attempt to take his own life in October 2013, a year after suffering a heart attack.

Jurors heard McIntosh last piloted a jet 11 days before the killing on a return flight from Birmingham to Palma in Majorca, and was on stand-by to fly on November 14 and 15.

The court was also told that McIntosh, then living in Woolscott, Warwickshire, had been drinking before he drove across country to attack his wife.

Mr Grieves-Smith said the defendant had moved out of the marital home in June 2017 amid divorce proceedings.

FILE PICTURE - GV of 'Grass Yard' in the village of Knightcote in Warwickshire where former pilot Andrew McIntosh attacked his estranged wife Patricia and left her with severe head injuries and she later died. An airline pilot has been found guilty of murdering his estranged wife in a fit of rage in Knightcote, Warwickshire, last year. See NTI story NTIPILOT. At Warwick Crown Court today (Wednesday 23 May), a jury found Andrew Thomas McIntosh, 54, of Woolscott, guilty of murdering Patricia McIntosh on the 15th November 2017. On that evening, Andrew McIntosh, a ??100,000-a-year TUI pilot went to their marital home in Knightcote to discuss the sale of the property. Patricia repeatedly asked him to leave, but Andrew McIntosh ignored her pleas and consumed with anger he beat her to death; striking her multiple times to the head with punches, kicks, and a saucepan. He then drove home and drank a bottle of wine, leaving Patricia to die from her injuries. Friends of Andrew McIntosh reported their concerns to police who attended the property where they discovered Patricia, who was pronounced dead at the scene.

He battered her to death at her home in Knightcote, Warwickshire (Picture: SWNS)

FILE PICTURE - A Thomson / Tui airlines Boeing 757. An airline pilot who killed his estranged wife in a row over their marital home hit her so hard with a saucepan of peas it was left dented and covered in blood, a court heard. See NTI story NTIMURDER. Andrew McIntosh, 54, is accused of murdering mum-of-one Patricia, 56, as they rowed over the ?300,000 bungalow. A court heard he picked up a pan of peas and battered her in the kitchen of the property in Knightcote, Warks. He is also accused of kicking and stamping on her as she lay on the kitchen floor. Warwick Crown Court heard the ?100,000-a-yeard TUI pilot killed Patricia after flying into a rage after confronting her at the country home on November 15 last year. The jury were shown the badly dented black-handled saucepan which the prosecution say was the murder weapon.

McIntosh was a pilot for TUI airlines (Picture: SWNS)

He told the court: The house had been put up for sale – there was no potential purchaser and the defendant wanted to drop the sale price, but Patricia McIntosh didnt want to do that.

The defendant was angered by this refusal – he was to tell the police that although he was earning more than £100,000 a year he was under financial pressure.

After attacking Mrs McIntosh, her husband did nothing to summon help, instead leaving the scene to visit a pub.

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Lawyers for McIntosh argued that the twice-married pilot, who had a Range Rover and a Maserati, was guilty of the lesser offence of manslaughter.

McIntosh, who was born in Bradford and grew up on the Isle of Wight, will be sentenced on Thursday.

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