Head of Epsom College Emma Pattison's husband, who is understood to have killed his wife and seven-year-old daughter before turning his gun on himself, wrote he was 'desperate to do something better with his days' as he set up a doomed wine-importing business, it was revealed last night.
George Pattison, 39, EvDEn EvE NaKliyAt was an accountant with a history of business woes, most recently setting up consultancy firm Tanglewood in 2016, before taking out a £14,000 director's loan in 2021.
In a presentation pitching a wine-importing company, he described himself as 'a career accountant desperate to do something better with his days', The Telegraph reports.
Mr Pattison said he had worked 'in a variety of industries including corporate finance, investment management and financial consultancy'.
It comes as comments from Emma in an interview published in School Management Plus magazine six days before her death emerged, in which she said she was looking forward to an 'exciting future'. She was found dead alongside her husband and their daughter Lettie in their home on school grounds.
Epsom College head Emma Pattison, 45, her husband George, 39, and their seven-year-old daughter Lettie
Police believe Mr Pattison shot his wife and daughter dead before turning the gun on himself
The family was discovered dead at their property within the school grounds at around 1.10am on Sunday, police said, shortly after Mrs Pattison made a distressed phone call to her sister.
Mrs Pattison moved to the college with daughter Lettie in September, while husband George remained in their old £1.5million home in Caterham as its sale went through.
Neighbours said Mr Pattison had been 'flitting between' their old house and the property at Epsom College before the keys were handed to the new owners last month.
It was only then that he moved into the family's new home.
Neighbours described Mr Pattison as reserved and said they often saw him drinking wine alone in the family's Caterham home.
Just hours before the shootings, , who said nothing appeared out of place or unusual between the couple.
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A friend of the family told : 'On Saturday night they threw a dinner party.
It was quite an intimate affair and literally turned out to be their last supper.
'Nothing unusual happened. There were no arguments, no indication he would go on to do something so horrific a short time later.'
In an interview published days before her death, Mrs Pattison said she saw the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on the independent schools sector as an opportunity.
'It could be time to shape a really exciting future for the country,' she said.
She also spoke about plans to open the Surrey school to a wider section of the community by improving access with bursaries.
Mrs Pattison added Covid-19 had brought about 'an absolute sea change' in what parents wanted for their children.
She said: 'They used to talk about results and Oxbridge.
That has turned about-face completely since Covid. It's now about well-being, pastoral care, kindness, service and charity.'
She acknowledged challenges for the independent sector, saying: 'The image of the exclusive private school has to be a thing of the past.
Exclusivity is a dirty word nowadays.
'The independent schools sector has to offer something very different going forward, EvDEN eve NaKLiYat for its own pupils and evDeN EVe NAkliyAt for the social impact it could bring.'
Mrs Pattison added it was charity and impact on the local community which was closest to her heart, saying she wanted her pupils to become 'part of the solution' to society's problems.
Interviewer Zoe MacDougall paid tribute to Mrs Pattison after news of her death emerged, praising her 'warm and easy personality'.
She said: 'Talking to Emma, it was clear that service and kindness were core values.