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Man whose affair was revealed at his inquest: wife learns details of husband's infidelity after he crashed car and died while on date with mistress

 Kadeel Newby a husband who accidentally killed himself in a 101mph drink driving crash whilst he was taking his secret mistress home after a date - Cavendish Press (Manchester) Ltd
Kadeel Newby a husband who accidentally killed himself in a 101mph drink driving crash whilst he was taking his secret mistress home after a date - Cavendish Press (Manchester) Ltd

A man whose affair was revealed at his inquest was with cheating on his wife when he crashed his car and died. 

Father of two Kadeel Newby was driving at 101mph when he crashed his car while he was taking his secret mistress home after a date.

The 23-yea-old lost control of his Toyota Yaris on a bridge whilst driving without a seat belt and at high speed in a manner compared by his lover to "The Stig" from BBC's Top Gear show.

Moments later the vehicle ploughed into railings, catapulting Newby and 21-year old Natasha Gregson out of the rear window. She survived with a fractured skull and a laceration to her liver but Newby, a car mechanic died later in hospital from multiple injuries.

Kadeel Newby and his wife Korrette - Credit: Cavendish Press
Kadeel Newby and his wife Korrette Credit: Cavendish Press

Blood tests showed he was one and a half times the drink driving limit. The affair emerged when Miss Gregson regained consciousness.

This week Newby's wife Korette, 26, listened as details of her husband's six day relationship with Miss Gregson were revealed at an inquest into his death.

The couple - who were said to be "inseparable" - had married in 2011 and had two children Kashai, six, and Lauriyon, three.

They honeymooned in Greece and enjoyed family trips to Egypt and America. But last year the Newbys from Mossley, Greater Manchester began arguing with each other and last October he began a relationship with Miss Gregson who lives in Bolton.

In a statement Miss Gregson who was not at the hearing at the request of Mrs Newby said: "I had been seeing a lad called Kadeel Newby and he told me he was separated from his ex and had been for about five months and had two children. I don't normally go for guys with children.

"He always picked me up in his Toyota Yaris but he never wore his seatbelt, it was plugged in and he sat on it. I never drove, Kadeel always drove and it was just the two of us.

"When I had been with Kadeel his driving was erratic. He drove like the Stig, at some points I wanted to tell him to stop. It was like the world was going to stop and he wanted to get there quick."

The 2am tragedy occurred on Chorley New Road in Horwich, on October 12 after Newby had earlier picked up Miss Gregson to take her out for the evening in Manchester.

Her statement added: "Kadeel picked me up at about 8:30pm, I can't remember what I was wearing at the time. I don't remember much after this other than I know we went into Manchester.

"I'd thrown my mobile phone into the car, shut my eyes and went to sleep. That was the first time I ever shut my eyes when I was with Kadeel. The next thing I remember I was in hospital. I suffered fractures to my head, two broken wrists and a laceration to my liver.

"I have been told about the accident but I don't remember it at all. I was told that he was married but I didn't know that."

Mrs Newby a pharmacy technician told the inquest: "We were young when we got together and married in 2011 after the birth of our son in 2010. We had our honeymoon in Greece which started Kadeel's love of travelling. We would talk about moving abroad.

"Kadeel was so close to our children, they had a special relationship. He would do thoughtful things like buy me a gift or write me a letter and leave it under my pillow.

"We had been bickering before Kadeel's death which was rare. He only met Natasha six days before the crash. I was told she was obsessed with him. When I contacted her she blocked me.

"Kadeel was coming home on the night of the crash as we arranged. I still can't believe he's gone and don't know how I will ever get over this. We were each other's world, inseparable really.

"The children are asking questions that no child should ever have to ask. The last week of Kadeel's life was in no way typical of Kadeel's behaviour of our relationship. I don't want anyone to judge his 24 years of life based on that."

Tests showed Newby had 113 milligrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of blood. The legal limit is 80mg.

PC David Poole, from Greater Manchester Police said: "The speed limit on the road is 30mph but there's an area where there's a bridge and when you are on the bridge there's a slight kink to the right. In the lead up to the collision, the average speed was 101mph.

"As the vehicle got to the apex of the bridge this would have caused the suspension to get very light if not causing the vehicle to leave the ground.

"The driver would have to put significant steering when it reached the ground otherwise it would start to rotate. The marking show that it continued to rotate and collided into railings. 'This was a very severe collision.

"I believe the passenger was wearing a seatbelt but I believe the driver was not. But sometimes even wearing a seatbelt is not sufficient enough.

"The drivers seatbelt was fastened into its clasp and locked but there was evidence to show that it was sat on. There was no evidence of emergency braking."

Passing a conclusion of road traffic collision, Coroner Alan Walsh, said: "Kadeel was 23 years of age, he was a young man with a devoted wife and two young children - someone who had his life in front of him. "This has had such a dramatic and devastating affect on Korrette, and the family."

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