Gareth McGraa, 56,
husband of a mother of one that was recently found dead while working as a call
girl, says he had no idea that his wife was a sex worker cos he knew her as a
devout Christian.
Jessica McGraa hid her double life as a
£220-an-hour call girl from her oilman husband, he revealed last night.
Gareth McGraa, 56,
believed Nigerian-born Jessica, 37, was making money to fund the high life she
loved by selling hair extensions.
As a man appeared in
court charged with her murder in an Aberdeen flat, 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.
He said:
“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.
He said: “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.
He said: “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.”
Last night, Detective
Superintendent David McLaren renewed an appeal for anyone who saw or spoke to
Jessica in the days before her death to contact his officers.
She described herself
as 'classic, stylish, naughty, horny, sexy'. The site has topless photos of her
with her face blurred out.
She wrote: 'My face is
covered to protect myself as I'm ultra-discreet. I have my regular job and a
private life. Do be polite when you call me.'
Ms McGraa grew up in
Aberdeen and later moved to Manchester before settling in London.
She described her son
as the 'love of my life' and her Facebook page was full of photographs of the
pair together.
In one post, she said:
'Love me love my son.' In 2014 she wrote online: 'None of us will die
unfulfilled. We all shall make a formidable impact in this world.'
