The evangelical preacher suspected of killing his pregnant wife in Ghana has told her mother he wants to find out how she died.
Pastor Eric Adusah has contacted the family of his wife Charmain, who was discovered dead in a hotel bathtub in March.
Mr Adusah was released from prison on bail at the weekend after a report from the attorney general determined there wasn’t enough evidence to try him for Charmain’s death.
He told Charmain’s mother, Linda Speirs, that he wants to bring her body back to Britain when he is allowed to leave Ghana.
Linda said: “He called on Tuesday and said it’s going to be at least another four weeks until he can bring the body home because he’s been told not to leave the country.
“He said he wanted to bury his wife and child and that it was his intention to come back to Britain.
“He did say that he was sorry about her dying and that he wants to find out what happened to her.
“It was a short phone call and I let him do the talking.”
The court in Accra previously heard from Adusah’s lawyer that a post-mortem examination had found she had died from a heroin overdose.
However, Linda said she was told that the post-mortem examination was still to be completed.
She said: “I asked Eric ‘why did you say she was a drug addict?’He said he didn’t mention anything about drugs. It was all his lawyer and that he had sacked him since then.
“Eric said that he doesn’t know what she died of and that it is still beinginvestigated.He said the post-mortem results were still to be released.
“We were told from the beginning that it could take months for all the results to come back.”
According to police in Ghana, the couple checked into the Mac Dic Royal Plaza Hotel in Koforidua on March 16.
Mr Adusah, 28, who is a pastor of the Global Light Revival Ministries based in London, checked out two days later and travelled to Britain, allegedly instructing the management not to disturb his wife, who was due to check out on March 20.
When Charmain, 41, didn’t check out, hotel workers entered her room anddiscovered her body.
Linda added: “I asked him why he didn’t bring her home with him when he came back to Britain then she would still be alive.
“But I couldn’t understand his reply to that.”
The report by Ghana’s attorney general, Marietta Brew Appiah-Opong, said that aspects of Mr Adusah’s behaviour were suspicious and that he should “continue to assist the police in conducting further investigations into the case.”