A TV character who was shot useless by her British oil tycoon husband in a murder-suicide liked to ‘social gathering arduous’ and appeared ‘completely satisfied’ in Turkey earlier than she was killed, shocked buddies have revealed.
Singer and comic Victoria Vera Blyth, 40, was discovered useless after her husband David Thomas Blyth, 53, killed her earlier than turning the gun on himself at their dwelling in Turkey’s capital, Ankara, whereas their youngsters had been in the home on June 11.
Buddies of the couple yesterday claimed that the tragedy could have unfolded as a result of Scottish-born Mr Blyth discovered his spouse was planning to depart him over his string of affairs.
In the meantime Sheena Lumsden and her husband Tony, who had been buddies of the couple when Mr Lumsden labored with Mr Blyth in Korea, had been left fully shocked and mentioned that they had a ‘sense of disbelief’ once they discovered.
Chatting with the Mail at their dwelling in Ayr, Mrs Lumsden, 67, mentioned Mrs Blyth had been ‘like a daughter’ to her and added: ‘It is a complete shock, it truly is. I simply hold excited about these youngsters.’
Singer and comic Victoria Vera Blyth (pictured), 40, was discovered useless after her Scottish-born husband David Thomas Blyth, 53, killed her earlier than turning the gun on himself
Victoria Vera Blyth, 40, (pictured, left) is known to have despatched texts to buddies telling them that she was sad together with her husband Thomas Blyth, 53, (pictured, proper) over his jealousy and ‘fixed infidelities’
Ms Blyth was a massively fashionable determine in Czech showbiz circles
Mrs Lumsden mentioned she had spoken to somebody who had been ‘speaking to Victoria and she or he appeared completely satisfied to be out in Turkey’.
She added: ‘It simply got here fully out of the blue and so far as I could make out from different people who knew them it was complete shock – the place did that come from?’
Mr Lumsden mentioned: ‘It was a way of disbelief after I heard the information, contemplating I would recognized the person. I do not know if he took medicine or no matter however he could not have been in his proper thoughts.’
Mr Blyth was a piece colleague of Mr Lumsden once they had been based mostly on the Samsung shipyard in Korea in 2010.
He mentioned: ‘Tom and I labored collectively then we obtained to be buddies socially after which his spouse Victoria got here out and Sheena got here out and we used to socialize as a gaggle.
The previous Service provider Navy captain mentioned they labored collectively for a couple of yr when he was an offshore supervisor for the rigs, whereas Mr Blyth had the identical function, however extra onshore.
He defined 4 new ships had been being constructed on the shipyard they usually had been a part of the administration workforce.
Mrs Lumsden mentioned she first met Victoria when she went out to see her husband in Korea. She mentioned Victoria was the identical age as her eldest daughter once they met and had simply had her first little one – a boy – on the time.
She added: ‘I saved in touch together with her through the years by way of social media and textual content messages simply because I felt she was like a daughter to me, however nonetheless we used to have good enjoyable and exit within the evenings. We had been a part of the worldwide crowd.’
The TV star leaves behind her three younger youngsters (pictured), who’re believed to have been on the dwelling when the murder-suicide occurred
A buddy mentioned the couple had a ‘so-called Italian marriage, through which there was no scarcity of tense moments’
Mr Lumsden recalled Mr Blyth’s fortieth celebration in the summertime of 2010. ‘That was an enormous occasion when everyone did fancy gown at a bar known as Bunny Boilers at Okpo on Geoje Island,’ he mentioned.
‘We went our other ways on completely different initiatives as a result of he was down in Brazil for some time and she or he went to Brazil with him.
‘They had been a bit youthful than us and had been very vivacious and bigger than life characters. Tom was very clever and superb at his job. They had been social, younger and vivacious and each doing nicely of their careers.
Mrs Lumsden mentioned: ‘He was a great bit older than her; there’s about 12-13 years between them. She’s simply 40 now as a result of she’s the identical age as our eldest daughter, and I feel he is 53.
She added: ‘They preferred to social gathering arduous however she was a beautiful individual, she actually was a great mom but in addition eager to do her personal factor.’
Mr Lumsden added: ‘Victoria was taking care of he personal profession, she had TV exhibits and issues. Our flats had been in the identical tower block.’
Mr Blyth’s stays are mentioned to have been handed again to his household, who’re taking them again to Scotland. Ms Blyth’s physique, in the meantime, stays in Turkey
The couple discovered in regards to the tragedy by way of social media. Mrs Lumsden went on: ‘It was popping up on Fb, individuals had been posting on her Fb web page with RIP and I believed, what’s all this about?
‘The hyperlinks had been to a Czech newspaper however I could not translate it. I had a cellphone name later that evening from a buddy in New Zealand who’d been in contact with Vicky simply a few weeks in the past as a result of she was doing a marathon or one thing out in Turkey.
‘She was congratulating her, saying nicely performed as a result of she was capable of match these items in though she’s obtained three youngsters to take care of.
‘My buddy despatched me a message asking if I would heard about Tom and Vicky after which my son in legislation managed to translate the newspaper report, so it was complete shock, like one thing out of a film script.
‘You possibly can’t consider that it occurred to any person . It is these youngsters I really feel extremely unhappy for as a result of we have grandchildren about the identical age and I simply do not know the way they’ll get previous that and dwell with that.
‘For Tom to do this to his youngsters, by no means thoughts his spouse…’
Mr Lumsden added: ‘You possibly can solely suppose that he wasn’t in his proper thoughts on the time.’
Mr and Mrs Blyth married in 2014 and lived collectively in Prague for a number of years earlier than shifting to Turkey after his work took him to the Center East
Mr Lumsden went on: ‘I do not know what the state of his thoughts or marriage was however once more, the actual fact was that they’d been collectively so lengthy and had three youngsters.
‘I used to be listening to by way of the grapevine and thru Sheena that Vicky was fairly completely satisfied so sure, it is like one thing from the films.’
Mrs Lumsden recalled the Blyths getting married in about 2012 when their youngest little one was round 4 years outdated.
She mentioned: ‘I noticed similarities with my daughter in Australia dwelling away from her kinfolk and her man works away typically. I very a lot preferred to maintain in touch together with her due to all these similarities and the way nicely she was doing.
‘However I simply hold excited about these youngsters it is the underside line of it and the saddest half.’
The couple mentioned Mrs Blyth spoke Afrikaans from her youth in South Africa and was capable of converse with Dutch worldwide staff.
Mr Lumsden mentioned: ‘Tom had been within the drilling enterprise, beginning off within the North Sea like myself. He went offshore as a roughneck however then ended up a reasonably senior supervisor at fairly a younger age.
‘By the point he was 40 he was onshore set up supervisor with fairly large duties.’
‘He was clever and pretty eloquent. He wasn’t tough or prepared.’
Those that knew her within the Czech Republic have remembered her all the time having a smile on her face and calling them ‘Darling’
Mrs Lumsden added: ‘I’ve had a few sleepless nights, not simply attempting to get my head round it however I have been contacted by individuals late at evening within the Philippines or New Zealand.
‘It is simply one among these instances when you have to communicate to different individuals who knew them since you’re pondering, has this actually occurred? Is that this actually true?
Yesterday, buddies of the couple additionally mentioned they consider the TV star could have been shot useless as a result of he discovered she was excited about leaving him.
Ms Blyth is known to have despatched texts to buddies telling them that she was sad together with her husband over his jealousy and ‘fixed infidelities’ and return to her Czech Republic homeland.
Her buddies consider that the movie star couple who had been married for ten years might have had a livid row at their luxurious villa within the Turkish capital Ankara after he translated her textual content messages displaying her discussing her plans together with her Czech buddies.
It was additionally claimed that controlling Blyth had allegedly grow to be fed up along with his ‘vivacious’ spouse posting glamorous footage of herself on Instagram, and had advised her that it was unbecoming behaviour for the partner of a senior govt.
A Czech buddy of Ms Blyth, who had three youngsters together with her husband and was often known as Viky mentioned: ‘Everybody was following her on Instagram, however a number of months in the past her profile all of a sudden disappeared. So I contacted Viky to search out out what was occurring.
She introduced the Morning Present on Europe 2 alongside Czech broadcaster Leo¿ Mare¿
‘She advised me that the husband didn’t need the spouse of an influential businessman to current herself on this means. So, she complied and created a brand new profile, which she already had locked to the general public, and stopped sharing her attractive pictures.’
In an interview with Czech newspaper Blesk, the buddy added: ‘From that second on, we began writing rather a lot and it took a very long time earlier than she revealed to me that she was coping with her husband’s fixed infidelities. She herself mentioned that she was jealous’
Preventing again tears, the buddy added that Ms Blyth has threatened her husband up to now that she would go away him if he didn’t cease his philandering.
She mentioned: ‘Viky had southern blood and was vivacious. They led a so-called Italian marriage, through which there was no scarcity of tense moments.
‘Viky even jokingly mentioned that she loves drama and it’s the spice of their relationship.’
Ms Blyth was reported to have been attributable to head to the Czech Republic to spend the summer time together with her Czech household.
The buddy added: ‘Sure, she wrote to me. Sadly she additionally wrote to me that she wouldn’t be returning to Ankara afterwards and would keep right here within the Czech Republic.
‘That she was leaving her husband and youngsters, that she needed a life with out infidelity and stress for the kids… Who might have guessed that this determination would value her her life and make three youngsters orphans.’
Ms Blyth was a massively fashionable determine in Czech showbiz circles, and introduced the Morning Present on Europe 2 alongside Czech broadcaster Leo Mare.
Those that knew her within the Czech Republic have remembered her all the time having a smile on her face and calling them ‘Darling’.
Blyth and her husband left three youngsters behind
Oil tycoon David Thomas Blyth (pictured, proper) killed them each with a gun of their dwelling in Turkey’s capital, Ankara
The buddy added: ‘After what I’ve learn, I am satisfied they began preventing over the texts Viky wrote to her buddies. That he translated them and harm her.’
The couple’s three youngsters, aged 4, ten and 14, had been positioned within the care of their mom’s household who travelled to Turkey following Ms Blyth’s suspected homicide on June 11, based on native media.
Mr and Mrs Blyth married in 2014 and lived collectively in Prague for a number of years earlier than shifting to Turkey after his work took him to the Center East.
She was born in South Africa and moved to the Czech Republic as a younger girl together with her household. She studied music at college and have become well-known after releasing her first album in 2004.
Ms Blyth additionally devoted a lot of her time to charity, working with the Czech organisation Velvet Smile, which helps ‘enhance the standard of life for households of sick and disabled youngsters, and victims of home abuse, based on its web site.
She additionally based DazSpor, the organisers of working races throughout Turkey, together with a half-marathon within the nation’s capital.
The charity mentioned in a social media submit: ‘We’re deeply saddened by the passing of founding father of DazSpor Mrs. Victoria Blyth.’
The murder-suicide reportedly stemmed from a heated argument over the presenter’s texts
Victoria was born in South Africa and moved to the Czech Republic as a younger girl together with her household
She additionally devoted a lot of her time to charity work
Her sister, Alexandra, wrote a tribute to her sister on Instagram, and revealed her household had solely not too long ago buried their father.
The submit learn: ‘It’s with deep unhappiness and ache that I’ve to announce that my beloved and exquisite sister, the sunshine of our lives who introduced us a lot pleasure, together with her laughter, optimistic spirit, drive and vitality, has left us ceaselessly.
‘Please, I am begging you all, give us time for the sake of the kids.
‘My household goes by way of a really tough time as a result of they misplaced each mother and father. We not too long ago buried our father and now our sister and brother-in-law and we want time to recuperate, however most of all we have to be right here for the kids.
‘We actually recognize your stunning messages, however in these tough instances we want time to breathe.’
Simply months earlier than her husband brutally murdered her, the TV presenter mentioned in her remaining interview that she had numerous concepts for future initiatives
However she added poignantly: ‘I do not prefer to plan fully into the long run, since you by no means know what can occur.’
Blyth was an oil tycoon, proudly owning and working the worldwide agency ASG Inspection, and had three youngsters along with his spouse
Victoria studied music at college and rose to fame after releasing her first album in 2004
A buddy advised Blesk.cz that Ms Blyth deliberate on shopping for a ranch and returning to her music
Mr Blyth’s stays are mentioned to have been handed again to his household, who’re taking them again to Scotland. Ms Blyth’s physique, in the meantime, stays in Turkey.
Turkish police are nonetheless investigating the tragic incident.
A spokesperson for the Overseas, Commonwealth and Growth Workplace mentioned: ‘We’re supporting the household of a British man who has died in Turkey and are in touch with the native authorities.’
A spokesperson for the Ministry of Overseas Affairs of the Czech Republic added: ‘I can verify {that a} Czech citizen died a violent demise in Türkiye.
‘Our embassy in Ankara is in touch together with her household and is offering consular help. With regard to the survivors, we is not going to present any additional info.’
