Man kills wife, hacks body with saw

London:  A woman was killed by her husband who then cut up the body with an electric saw, a court was told.

Twenty one-year-old Emma Ward is alleged to have been assaulted in her home by Nicky Ward, 29, who then dragged her into the bathroom, The Sun reported.

Experts found traces of her bone, muscle and skin in Ward's electric saw and blood-stained scratches made by the saw in the bath, Prosecutor Simon Spence told Norwich Crown Court, Norfolk.

When Emma was reported to have gone missing, Ward told police that she had left him for another man. No trace of her was ever been found.

"He must have disposed of the body parts," Spence was quoted as saying.

Ward has denied the murder.