Timeline of Epsom College ‘double murder suicide’ revealed as cops say George Pattison spoke to cops days before killing

POLICE believe a dad killed his wife and seven-year-old daughter in a double murder-suicide last weekend.

But what happened in the months leading up to the tragedy on the grounds of Epsom College, Surrey?

2016

George Pattison reports his wife to the police for allegedly striking him.

He is said to have contacted Surrey Police to say his partner had hit him and she was spoken to by officers.

But he later withdrew the claim as he decided it was trivial,  reports.

September 2022

Emma became the first female head of £42,000-a-year Epsom College in September last year.

Emma started her teaching career in 2002 at Lutterworth College, South Leicestershire, where she taught French and Spanish.

She went on to have stints at Caterham School and Guildford High School, both in Surrey, before moving to St John's School, also in the county.

Three years later, she became head at Croydon High School where she "learnt so much" before relocating to Epsom last year to "use that knowledge and skill and apply it to something different".

She moved on-site with her daughter and George, who ran a management consultancy firm called Tanglewood 2016, according to Companies House.

November 2022

The family bought a new dog - a labrador named Bella.

December 2022

In a pupil-run podcast, Emma described the transition period as being full of "really big changes";.

She told sixth form students: "We've obviously moved house, we've bought a dog, I've got a new job, my husband's got a new job which wasn't meant to happen but did, and my daughter has started a new school.

"There has been a lot of change for us as a family, but it has been wonderful."