Greatings guys and galls

I have had a spider set-up-camp outside my bedroom window, i had nightmares about the little B*****D... I started to do a bit of research on him and the closest thing i could find was the 'Austrailian Red Back'. It had the clasic baulbous - 'tear-drop' abdomen, black in color with bright red markings. It was alot bigger, the size of golfball with that armour-plated don't mess with me sort of look. The other difference between the two, the Red-back's markings are in a zig zag style; this spider had random - nondescript patches of red, almost spots...
I decided to take some photos that evening but got home to discover that my other-half had desposed of him.

Any ideas folks...???