'Victim told how she was battered'.A MOTHER-OF-TWO allegedly killed by her jealous partner told how he had "battered her" hours before her death. Claire Hanley, 31, spoke to her mother on the phone on the night of her death, describing how she had argued with partner Brian Davies Brian Davies can stand for:
She was found dead from massive bleeding to the brain less than 10 hours later. Davies, of Fincham Road, Huyton, denies murder and manslaughter on November 4 last year. The 49-year-old accepts striking Miss Hanley, who had a son and daughter, aged 13 and eight, but insists he only slapped her in selfdefence during a blazing row. But yesterday Miss Hanley's mother Kathleen wiped away tears as she told Liverpool Crown Court of her last conversation with her daughter, who had been on a night out with Davies. Mrs Hanley told the court her daughter had rang her from her mobile at about 12.30am. She said: "I asked if she was all right. She said: 'No, I've just had a row with Brian, I'm in a taxi going home by myself." Mrs Hanley told how the phone was bleeping bleep n. A brief high-pitched sound, as from an electronic device. v. bleeped, bleep·ing, bleeps v.intr. To emit a bleep or bleeps. v.tr. , so she rang her daughter back shortly afterwards af·ter·ward also af·ter·wards adv. At a later time; subsequently. afterwards or afterward Adverb later [Old English æfterweard] Adv. 1. at her home on Sergrim Road, Huyton, to find out if she was OK. She told how her daughter said: "No, mum, I'm not all right, I'm not. You want to see what he's done to my face. He's battered me". The case continues.. |
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