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By daily mail reporter
Last updated at 9: 04 am on 15 December 2010

A loving husband accidentally strangled his wife of almost 40 years while dream he fought a burglar, an inquest heard.

Brian Thomas late was described in the night attack on his wife, Christine as unique tragedy.

Mr Thomas police said it was "someone in the camper van, a man with blue jeans and a black fleece lying above on Christine", Detective Inspector Richard Evans said.

Distraught: Brian Thomas, who accidentally killed his wife, if he dreams a Raider attack was, is leaving Swansea Crown Court with his two daughters in November last year shown

He said: ' he shouted: "you bastard" and grabbed the man round the throat. He woke up shake and his arm was Christine.'

Was 59 years old suffer night as the couple in a mobile home in Aberporth, West Wales slept. He called on when he woke up the police to tell you what he had done.

Det INSP Evans said: ' Mr Thomas has a 999 call and its opening words were: "can you send someone?" I think I killed my wife. I've killed them. Oh my god. "He said he had dreamt.'"

If a police car reached the location directly on the sea of the camper van, Mr. Thomas was the vehicle "Weinen and shake".

' He realized he must have dreamed because there is no one else was. He panicked, shook Christine and asked if everything was you. He had no answer,' Det INSP Evans said.

Mr Thomas was arrested when his wife body in a sleeping bag was found. He said the police it they must have killed when having a nightmare. He added: "I could not, would the and not kill Christine." Is my world.'

A post mortem showed Ms. Thomas died from pressure to the neck.

The couple had booked a Mediterranean Cruise to your upcoming celebration 40th wedding anniversary. You had a happy marriage and regularly enjoyed evenings together.

Nightmare: Brian Thomas's House in Neath, Wales. He was found not guilty of the murder of his wife last year and the coroner has now included a narrative verdict

The night before the killing had of Thomas by young driver to the parking lot drive, where was their two bed white Peugeot camper van parked were harassed. It is believed, throw his nightmare.

The inquest told three psychiatric experts Mr Thomas was in a State of "automatic" and had no control over his actions during the killing in July 2008.

This arises from the last year's trial in Swansea Crown Court where Mr Thomas dramatically the murder was deleted when the Crown Prosecution Service was no other evidence than offered that he currently temporarily insane.

The public prosecutor's Office wanted to find the defendant because of madness guilty that would have resulted in a psychiatric clinic order.

But a team of psychiatrists showed ' no useful purpose for Mr. Thomas in a psychiatric hospital exposed would serve '.

Had retired steel worker from Neath, Wales, sleepwalking as a child suffered but never treated for it.

Since the attack he has shown, a disorder suffer him control to lose, could cause while he sleeps.

Coroner Peter Brunton recorded a narrative judgment on the judicial inquiry in Aberystwyth Ceredigion, Mr. Thomas did not enter.

He said: '[Mrs Thomas] involuntarily by her husband died of pressure on the neck applied, while he was suffering a temporary mental condition known as night terrors.'

Mr. Brunton, death said a 'most remarkable and extraordinary tragedy in fact unique' was.

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