Widower relives day condition killed wife

A husband has described the chilling moment he found his wife dead in bed at their Black Country home.

Michael Banner's six children could have the same genetic muscle condition that claimed her life, and are now undergoing tests.

Describing the day he woke to discover Tracy, his wife of 15 years, had died, Mr Banner, of Oldbury, said: "That morning I shot bolt up at 5am. I started talking to her but she wouldn't answer me. It was when I went over to her that I realised she had gone. I tried to resuscitate but I knew it was too late."