EATING disorders, drink binges and depression blighted the life of 33-year-old Natalie Williams, a court heard.

Her first husband, David Brown, also revealed the couple's pain of aborting their first baby in the early 1990s because of his wife's fragile mental condition.

Dr Paul Crocker, a GP at St Margaret's Surgery Bradford on Avon, outlined Mrs Williams' medical history in a statement, highlighting a history of anorexia and bulimia.

Prescribed anti-depressants to deal with bouts of depression, Mrs Williams was also prone to suicidal tendencies and bouts of heavy drinking.

Williams raised his concerns over his wife at an appointment in January 2002 claiming she was hiding bottles of wine.

David Brown, who married a teenage Natalie in October 1989, said his wife made dramatic threats during their marriage in a series of cries for help.

Revealing the pain of deciding to abort their first baby, he said: "On balance it probably was not the best move for Natalie and for the situation in general.

"It wasn't a decision taken at a whim. It was regrettable."

On their honeymoon in Guernsey she threatened to jump out of a hotel window and once lunged at him armed with a letter-opener.

He said: "I always felt that Natalie didn't, on her part, have any intention of carrying these things out.

"It was like trying to jump out of the window, it happened on more than one occasion but it wasn't an action that was done with conviction."

The trial continues