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Published on: 2/5/2004
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Police later found the body of the father, Richard Hicks, in the river near by.
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Ms Catley, a former pub landlady, had recently left a violent relationship with Mr Hicks and two weeks ago moved with the three children to the Lincolnshire village of Healing, near Grimsby.
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A restraining order was also taken out against Mr Hicks, according to friends.
Mr Hicks, a chef in his mid-30s, visited his family's new home and left in Ms Catley's blue Nissan Micra at about 6pm on Tuesday.After abandoning the car, he climbed up to the Humber Bridge and jumped more than 150 metres.His body was recovered from beneath the bridge at 11pm following a three-hour search involving ten coastguard staff, an RAF Sea King helicopter and a police helicopter.