Estranged husband of
Nigerian-born Jessica McGraa ( read the story here ) revealed that she hid her double life as a
£220-an-hour call girl from him.
Gareth McGraa, 56,
believed that Jessica, 37, was making money to fund the high life she loved by
selling hair extensions. Gareth told of his grief at her death – and his hurt
that she had deceived him.
The couple, who have a
six-year-old son split when the child was a year old. After that, Gareth says,
they had several reunions and he always hoped they would end up back together
permanently.
That dream died along
with the woman Gareth knew as a devout Christian and a doting mother. Gareth,
from Southport on Merseyside, said:
"I honestly
believed that she was making her money from hair extensions. She was a very
pious girl – she dragged me to church even and that’s not easy."
Jessica documented her
life of luxury on her social media pages, showing off trips to the Italian
Riviera, Hong Kong and New York along with designer clothes, shoes and
handbags.
Yesterday, Bala Wadzani
Chinda, 25, appeared at Aberdeen Sheriff Court accused of murder and was
remanded in custody.
It is understood Jessica
only returned to Scotland's oil capital from London a couple of weeks ago,
having lived and worked there in the past.
Gareth was working as a
chief mechanic with Atlantic Drilling in Nigeria in 2005 when he met Jessica in
a Port Harcourt bar.
"Coincidentally I was
being transferred to Lagos and she was going there at the same time so we
travelled together. We were married in Nigeria very shortly after that. Her
family were there and we celebrated in a hotel restaurant in Lagos. I knew she
was using me for a passport to a certain extent but I felt more than
that."
Gareth revealed that he,
Jessica and their son enjoyed a family Christmas, spending five days at a spa
hotel.
"We had our barneys
like couples do but I spoke to her every other day. She was with me for 10
years."
They last spoke on
Tuesday last week, three days before Jessica was found dead in a flat in
Aberdeen’s Union Terrace.
Two days ago, police
arrived to break the shattering news to Gareth – and revealed the shocking
truth about Jessica’s double life.
He insists he had no
suspicion that Jessica was selling sex.
"She liked to be
the centre of attention but she wasn’t a girl to put it about – she wasn’t at
all like that, never. When I met her I don’t think she’d had more than a
handful of lovers in all her life. She wasn’t cheap and liked her Gucci and
Armani handbags. She loved the high life and wanted all her dreams to come true
tomorrow."
But she was also a pious
person who believed in God. I knew what I was walking into but I really cared for
the girl.
"To my mind, and
hers, we were going to get back together at some point. Not just me, the two of
us. I wanted it, she wanted it so why not? But I only ever got half the story.
I thought I knew her and it hurts."
Jessica used aliases
including Ebony Bianca and Kelly West on escort sites.
She described herself as
“classic, stylish, naughty, horny, sexy” and promised the “ultimate girlfriend
experience”.
Meg Kirk, who met
Jessica while working in the Lapisgold jewellers in Aberdeen’s Union Square
shopping centre, said:
"She was polite,
lively and we laughed and we talked. She was selling some Brazilian hair
extensions and I said I’d like to see them. She said I should call in to see
her any time I was passing."
On Wednesday, February
17, Detective Superintendent David McLaren renewed an appeal for anyone who saw
or spoke to Jessica in the days before her death to contact his office.
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