Moment man confesses to shooting wife dead in front of her daughter
Chilling moment stepfather confesses to shooting his wife dead with a shotgun in front of her 14-year-old daughter – by pointing to the word ‘yes’ after he was left unable to speak due to botched suicide bid
- Cheryl Gabriel-Hooper was shot dead by her ex-partner Andrew Hooper in 2018
- New footage has now emerged showing him in hospital admitting to the murder
- Hooper turned gun on himself after and is disfigured and can no longer speak
- He points to ‘yes’ when asked by police if he’s responsible for his wife’s death
This is the chilling moment a stepfather confessed to shooting his wife dead in front of her teenage daughter – by pointing to the word ‘yes’ after he was left unable to speak due to a botched suicide bid.
Cheryl Gabriel-Hooper, 51, was shot twice with a double-barreled shotgun by her ex-partner Andrew Hooper as she sat in her car after being subjected to years of domestic abuse.
Her daughter Georgia, who was just 14-years-old at the time, was standing by the front of the Land Rover Evoque when she witnessed her stepfather firing an antique gun at her mother in January 2018.
Hooper fled the scene and turned the shotgun on himself after the attack. His face remains severely disfigured and he can no longer speak. He was sentenced to life with a minimum term of 31 years.
Never-before-seen footage has now emerged showing him in hospital admitting to the murder by pointing at the word ‘yes’ on a board with his trembling finger when asked in a police interview if he was responsible for his wife’s death.
Never-before-seen footage of the police interviewing Andrew Hooper in hospital has emerged
Cheryl Gabriel-Hooper, 51, was shot twice with a double-barreled shotgun by her ex-partner Andrew Hooper
In the clip, which is part of a new ITVX documentary A Murder in the Family, a police officer says the investigation was an ’emotional rollercoaster for 18 months full of unexpected twists and turns’.
By the time police got to interview Hooper it was 10 months down the line – he didn’t have a mouth or a nose and the interview was described as ‘extraordinary’.
Georgia’s stepfather, Andrew Hooper, had already been convicted of previous domestic abuse offences before he met her mother. But Cheryl never knew this when the relationship began.
Georgia spoke to MailOnline back in December 2020, saying: ‘I wish there could have been a domestic abuse register when my mum was alive.
‘My stepdad had a history of domestic abuse before even meeting my mum so if there had been a register, it could have prevented her from entering into a relationship with him.’
Hooper pointing to the word yes in a police interview when asked if he was responsible for Cheryl’s death
Cheryl Hooper, with her daughter Georgia, who was 14 when she witnessed the shooting
‘A register would save lives because it would potentially stop someone from entering a relationship with an abusive partner,’ Georgia added at the time. ‘A lot of abusers turn into serial abusers, attacking every woman they go out with. It’s rarely an isolated incident so we need that register to keep women safe.’
‘Something needs to be done. We have a sex offenders register, so why don’t we have a domestic abuse register?’
Police said the investigation was an ’emotional rollercoaster for 18 months full of unexpected twists and turns’
Andrew Hooper who was found guilty at Birmingham Crown Court of murdering his estranged wife Cheryl Hooper
Georgia and her mum had just parked in the driveway of their new home when Hooper, who had earlier confronted Cheryl at a pub after putting a tracking device on her car, pulled up behind them in his truck.
‘My mum said ‘Oh my god he’s here’,’ Georgia previously told.
Knowing instinctively that something didn’t feel right, the 14-year-old schoolgirl got out of the car.
‘But by the time I got to the front of the car he had shot through the car window to break it and then he shot at mum again,’ she said.
‘I tried to find a pulse or get a reaction from her, but there was nothing.
‘I never thought he was going to kill her. I never thought he would take it that far.’
A Murder in The Family lands exclusively on ITVX on Thursday 5th January.
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