Woman was shot dead by her husband on Valentine's Day

A woman was shot dead by her husband outside a pub on Valentine's Day after trying to flee the relationship, an inquest heard today.

Lisa Smith, 43, was shot twice in the neck in the car park of The Three Horseshoes in Knockholt, Kent, on February 14 this year.

She had told her sister she was leaving her husband Edward Smith earlier that day, and had got on a train from their home in Slough, to stay with family in Kent.

He tracked her down at the Three Horseshoes pub that evening before blocking their car with his and firing four shots with a handgun, Kent and Medway Coroner's Court heard.

Today, Area Coroner Katrina Hepburn concluded Ms Smith died from unlawful killing and found 'requisite intent from Edward Smith to kill her or cause her really serious harm'.