Jealous Lover Punches Man To Death After Suspected Affair With Wife | See PHOTOS

The argument between two love rivals ended in tragedy, as a single punch in a country club car park killed a married father of two. Train conductor Alexander Frew, 44, was caught on CCTV punching Matthew Welford, moments after being warned to stay away from the victim’s wife.

Mr Welford, 41, suspected Frew was having an affair with his wife Sarah and told him to ‘stay out of my marriage’ when all three of them ended up at Garforth Country Club in West Yorkshire at the same time, a court heard.

Mr Welford was playing pool and told his rival ‘to keep away from his wife and stop looking at her’ and to look elsewhere for sex.

Mrs Welford left the venue and later in the evening the two men came face to face in the car park when Frew suggested they ‘sort this outside’. He waited outside for his married rival to appear and, during the ensuing confrontation, Mr Welford made a derogatory remark about Frew’s own failed marriage.

The shocking footage of the incident – which was played to the jury – appears to show Mr Welford laughing at the other man before he is felled with a single blow, losing consciousness as he hits his head on the ground.

He came round, but his condition deteriorated and he died in hospital eight days later from a ‘massive brain injury’.

Frew, of Garforth, claimed he struck out because he feared he was about to be butted. He told the jury he was scared and believed Mr Welford had ‘lost it’.

The jury was told Frew had twice stayed in a hotel with Mr Welford’s wife. He admitted they kissed on the second visit, but claimed nothing sexual had happened.

He denied manslaughter, but was convicted by a majority decision at Leeds Crown Court. Yesterday he was jailed for three and a half years for manslaughter.

                           Frew                                                                  Welford, the deceased