Man accused of murdering wife was treated as a 'son' by her
family  Victim: Louise Evans. Victim: Louise Evans.  THE mother
of the Kidderminster woman allegedly killed by her husband told
a murder trial jury of the shock when she was told the couple
were splitting up.  Mrs Judith Bollen said her daughter Louise
Evans had been a childhood sweetheart of Alan Evans and they had
three children during their 12 years of marriage.  Mrs Bollen
said she had received news by telephone of her daughter's
unhappiness.  She told Worcester Crown Court: "It came out of
the blue. She was crying and said she wanted to come home and
bring her three children."  Her daughter, 32-year-old Louise
Evans, suspected he was having an affair with Amanda Chadwick, a
classroom assistant at their children's school.  Evans, a
35-year-old welder, has been accused of murder after his wife
was found at the foot of the stairs at their home in Stoney
Lane, Kidderminster, in July last year.  Prosecutor Jonas Hankin
QC alleges that she was attacke