Dr Hannah Cain, 45, was found dead at her address in Fern Hill, Dersingham, near the Sandringham Estate in Norfolk, in the early hours of October 4
Family members have paid heartfelt tribute to a royal GP as her husband made his court appearance charged with her murder. Dr Hannah Cain, 45, was discovered dead at her home on Fern Hill, Dersingham, close to the Sandringham Estate in Norfolk, during the early hours of October 4.
On Wednesday her relatives described her as “kind, generous and loving” and highlighted “the great care she took of all her patients”.
Mark Cain, 45, of Fern Hill, Dersingham, was detained following the incident and subsequently charged with her murder. The bald defendant, who sported a grey beard, appeared at Norwich Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday dressed in a black jumper.
He only spoke to confirm his name, address and date of birth, and was not required to enter a plea.
Prosecutor Jacqui Hanlon informed the court that emergency services alerted police at 2.25am on October 4.
She said Dr Cain was “found in an upstairs bedroom not breathing, not conscious”. “She was attended to by paramedics,” Ms Hanlon said.
She explained that a post-mortem examination “noted blunt force injury to the right side of her head had been inflicted, also an injury that could be suggestive of compression of the neck”.
“There were children present in the property at the time,” she said.
District judge Matthew Bone informed Cain: “I send your case to the King’s Lynn Crown Court where you will appear tomorrow (Thursday) in the morning, and I remand you in custody.”
Norfolk police released a statement from her family paying tribute later on Wednesday. It said: “We are devastated by the loss of our beautiful Hannah. She was kind, generous and loving; a beloved mother, daughter, sister, auntie, daughter-in-law and friend.
“We are incredibly proud of the woman she was and of the great care she took of all her patients who knew her as Dr Terry. We would ask people to respect our privacy at this difficult time.”
The Fern Hill location sits just over a mile from Sandringham House, one of the royal residences belonging to the King and Queen.
Dr Cain, who practised under the name Dr Hannah Terry, was registered as part of the medical team at Grimston Medical Centre.
She worked within a roster of doctors who were routinely on standby for Royal Family members in the vicinity, as initially revealed by The Sun newspaper.
Based on the website for her business venture Norfolk Sky Aesthetics, Dr Cain had practised medicine for more than 15 years and worked as a GP for eight.
Dr Cain portrayed herself as a “caring and professional doctor” who balanced her GP duties with her cosmetics enterprise.
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