A bodyguard who was recently photographed with Prince Harry and Meghan is a former police officer who was once convicted of nearly strangling his wife to death, it has been revealed.
Pere Daobry, 51, was photographed earlier this month driving the Duke and Duchess of Sussex from Frogmore Cottage in Windsor to London's Euston station, the Daily Mail UK reported.
In 2016, Daobry was convicted of beating up his wife after she allegedly claimed she didn't love him anymore.
"When you consider how outspoken Meghan is on women's issues it's quite amazing that a bodyguard with that sort of background has been employed," a source told the Daily Mail UK.
The source also said Meghan and Harry likely wouldn't have employed him if they knew the full story of his past.
At the time of the assault, the bodyguard called emergency services and confessed to the crime.
"I want to report an assault and I am the perpetrator. I have assaulted my wife," he reportedly said to the emergency services operator.
Daobry's wife Sarah Jay had scratches on her neck and back and swelling on her forehead from the attack.
Daobry later denied he assaulted her but was found guilty after a trial, the Daily Mail UK reported.
He claimed he was using a police-approved choke hold to stop his wife from overdosing on prescribed tablets.
The offender was handed a 12-week suspended prison sentence, 200 hours of community service and a year-long restraining order.
The former police officer and later bodyguard was married to Jay for two years before he attacked her.
Jay took her own life in 2019.
