Husband tells court his wife must be mad to want to divorce him

Peter Savva, 64, said that his wife of 34 years, Niki, must be “ill” or “confused” to want to end their marriage.

He was so convinced that he asked the Court of Appeal in London to order psychiatric tests on her, claiming that she lacked mental “capacity” to instruct solicitors.

But yesterday a senior judge rejected his legal challenge after hearing that Mrs Savva, a biology teacher from Finchley, north London, was “fed up” with his claims.

Lady Justice Black found that Mrs Savva showed no sign of being mentally unstable – but that her husband was simply struggling to accept that the marriage was over.

Read More: Telegraph