A husband today blamed the imminent release of a jailed paedophile for the death of his wife after she jumped from the top of a 60ft multi-storey car park.

LEANNE White committed suicide because the paedophile who stole her childhood innocence may soon be out of prison, according to her husband.

Leanne, 29, was one of 13 Swindon girls abused by George Davison, who posed as a father figure and friend.

Davison, now 63, has served more than half his 15-year sentence for rape and indecent assault, which means he could return to Swindon next year.

Leanne's grieving husband Gary says she was terrified she would bump into him in the street. He believes this is why the happily married woman of Grange Drive, Stratton, threw herself 60ft from the multi-storey Brunel car park in Swindon town centre on Monday.

Mr White, known as Wiggy, held her hand as she died from her injuries at the Great Western Hospital on Monday night.

He said: "She couldn't bear the thought of seeing him again. He tormented her whole life and now has taken it away. All I feel is pain and anger."

Although Leanne had expressed anxiety about Davison's possible release, Mr White, 38, a team leader at the BMW car plant in Stratton, had no idea her fear was so great. They were looking forward to starting a family and had planned their first holiday abroad together next year. He said: "We both adore children and she was getting broody. But first we were all set for a break in Italy."

Last weekend the couple met friends at their local pub, The New Inn, where they first met nine years ago. Leanne, a carer, had even talked of her favourite time of year Christmas.

Mr White said: "Leanne was getting excited about it already. She had just bought two of my presents, so I was banned from the spare bedroom where they were hidden."

After spending Saturday night laughing over a few drinks, they relaxed in the garden on Sunday and later watched TV.

Mr White said: "Leanne loved her soaps. Eastenders, Coronation Street, Emmerdale, Brookside she followed them all. When we went out they had to be recorded. The latest episode of Casualty is waiting for her.

"On Monday I left for work so early I didn't wake her to say goodbye."

Leanne was known for helping others and became an agony aunt to friends. Despite her own past, she always put other people's problems first. Mr White said: "She was so caring. I called her Swindon's Mother Theresa because she would do anything for anyone."

Leanne tried to put her childhood ordeal behind her. She would only cry alone, when her husband was at work. He said: "She never wallowed in self-pity. Be busy and bubbly was her motto. She was amazing."

Leanne was born in Yeovil and was adopted at three months. Raised by Elaine Dew, they moved to the Isles of Scilly before settling down in Highworth and finally Birdbrook Road, in Stratton St Margaret, in Leanne's teenage years. Mr White said: "She didn't really talk about the abuse and wanted to move on in life."

It is understood Davison was a family friend who indecently assaulted Leanne between the ages of 11 and 14.

After leaving St Joseph's School, Leanne devoted her life to looking after others. She started work as a care assistant at Selena House Nursing Home in Oxford Road.

A year after Gary first asked Leanne out, they bought a house in Grange Drive together. Even though she didn't like sport, Leanne made allowances for her future husband, a devout football fan. He said: "She tolerated my passion for Swindon Town and I let her play soppy music. She liked Unchained Melody by Righteous Brothers and Ronan Keating."

Beneath Leanne's bright enthusiasm, dark flashbacks of falling prey to Davison lurked.

In 1995, these surfaced when she was told to prepare to give evidence against him. She ended up spending nine months in the Seymour Clinic for mental health patients in Old Town.

Mr White said: "It was touch and go whether she would make it to court. But she wanted to and went through with it behind a screen."

But just days after testifying at the trial in 1996, she found a job and seemed to recover. He said: "She was in court on Wednesday and started working in a cake factory the following Monday."

Leanne seemed strong and back in control of her life. Longing to look after people again, she resumed work as a carer at Parkview Nursing Home in Blunsdon.

In 1999, Mr White asked her to marry him. After a white wedding in St Mary's Church, Rodbourne Cheney, they honeymooned in Bournemouth.

Enjoying married life, Leanne left the caring profession to spend more time with her husband. Mr White said: "She was always there for me. I couldn't have wished for a better wife."

Despite Leanne's determination to close the door on the past, memories returned to haunt her when Davison applied for early release three years ago. He was refused but Leanne was still shaken by the prospect of seeing him.

Mr White said: "She occasionally had counselling to talk things over, but mainly tried to deal with it herself. It was always at the back of her mind that he could be out next year."

Leanne had been treated for depression to cope with the fear and close family were confident she was over the worst.

Every weekend Leanne looked after her brother, Neil, 31, who lives in Kingshill and suffers from mental health problems.

Her sister-in-law Claire, 35, from Stratton St Margaret, said: "Leanne was lovely and never complained. We cannot believe it."

Mr White is being comforted by his parents Des, 68, and Pam, 61, his sisters Claire and Tracey, 40, and brother Shaun, 41.

He said: "She was always the strong one who took everyone under her wing. We have been robbed of our angel."

Victoria Tagg