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| Shana Grice suspect 'broke in to watch her sleep' | Shana Grice suspect 'broke in to watch her sleep' |
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| A man accused of killing his ex-girlfriend stole a key to her house in order to watch her as she slept, a court heard. | A man accused of killing his ex-girlfriend stole a key to her house in order to watch her as she slept, a court heard. |
| Michael Lane denies murdering Shana Grice, 19, who was found with her throat slit in her torched bedroom. | Michael Lane denies murdering Shana Grice, 19, who was found with her throat slit in her torched bedroom. |
| Lewes Crown Court heard he stalked the teenager after she renewed a relationship with a former boyfriend. | Lewes Crown Court heard he stalked the teenager after she renewed a relationship with a former boyfriend. |
| Emma King told jurors her housemate woke one night to find Mr Lane looming over her bed. | Emma King told jurors her housemate woke one night to find Mr Lane looming over her bed. |
| A phone conversation the day after between the former couple was played to the court, in which the victim asked why he had taken the key. | A phone conversation the day after between the former couple was played to the court, in which the victim asked why he had taken the key. |
| 'Not right in the head' | 'Not right in the head' |
| Mr Lane, 27, replied: "I wanted to see you and to talk to you. I knew you would not let me in." | Mr Lane, 27, replied: "I wanted to see you and to talk to you. I knew you would not let me in." |
| "You could have flipped at any point... I think it's so wrong... You could have done anything... While I'm sleeping, it's just weird," Ms Grice responded. | |
| Mr Lane said: "I'm sorry I'm just not right in the head, if I was I would not have done that." | Mr Lane said: "I'm sorry I'm just not right in the head, if I was I would not have done that." |
| He was arrested later that day and given a police caution. | He was arrested later that day and given a police caution. |
| Ms King said following the incident, they bolstered security at their house in Portslade, East Sussex, and changed all the locks. | Ms King said following the incident, they bolstered security at their house in Portslade, East Sussex, and changed all the locks. |
| The prosecution asserts Mr Lane was "obsessed" with Miss Grice and slit the teenager's throat before setting fire to her bedroom in Chrisdory Road in August. | The prosecution asserts Mr Lane was "obsessed" with Miss Grice and slit the teenager's throat before setting fire to her bedroom in Chrisdory Road in August. |
| The court heard the defendant, of Thornhill Rise, Portslade, refused to accept their break-up and had decided no-one else would be allowed to form a relationship with Miss Grice. | The court heard the defendant, of Thornhill Rise, Portslade, refused to accept their break-up and had decided no-one else would be allowed to form a relationship with Miss Grice. |
| Ms King said he often followed her former housemate and added: "Shana said that he was bothering her, that he liked her and kept texting her and would not leave her alone." | |
| The trial continues. | The trial continues. |