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Shana Grice murder accused 'whispered "she'll pay" to friend' | Shana Grice murder accused 'whispered "she'll pay" to friend' |
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The man accused of murdering his ex-girlfriend whispered to a friend "she'll pay for what she's done" five days before she was killed, a court heard. | The man accused of murdering his ex-girlfriend whispered to a friend "she'll pay for what she's done" five days before she was killed, a court heard. |
Shana Grice ended her relationship with "obsessed" Michael Lane who stalked her when she started up a new relationship, Lewes Crown Court has heard. | Shana Grice ended her relationship with "obsessed" Michael Lane who stalked her when she started up a new relationship, Lewes Crown Court has heard. |
The 19-year-old's body was discovered with her throat slit in her bedroom, which had been set alight, in August. | |
Mr Lane denies murder. | Mr Lane denies murder. |
Giving evidence, his friend Natalie Fines said she bumped into him during an evening out with her parents on Saturday, 20 August. | |
Ms Fines told the court: "He told me she'd dumped him and gone back to her ex. He wasn't very happy about it, he told me he was depressed. | Ms Fines told the court: "He told me she'd dumped him and gone back to her ex. He wasn't very happy about it, he told me he was depressed. |
"As we were all leaving and hugging goodbye, he whispered in my ear 'she'll pay for what she's done'." | "As we were all leaving and hugging goodbye, he whispered in my ear 'she'll pay for what she's done'." |
During cross-examination by Simon Russell Flint QC, defending, she added: "I didn't think that much of it. He'd often say things like that. | |
"For example, that he'd kill himself, and do it that night, but he didn't act on it." | |
The trial has previously heard Mr Lane, of Thornhill Rise, Portslade, East Sussex, put a tracker device on Miss Grice's car after hearing about her rekindling of the relationship with Ashley Cooke. | The trial has previously heard Mr Lane, of Thornhill Rise, Portslade, East Sussex, put a tracker device on Miss Grice's car after hearing about her rekindling of the relationship with Ashley Cooke. |
He was also cautioned by police after he stole a key to her back door before letting himself into her bedroom in Chrisdory Road, Portslade, to watch her sleep. | He was also cautioned by police after he stole a key to her back door before letting himself into her bedroom in Chrisdory Road, Portslade, to watch her sleep. |
The trial continues. | The trial continues. |
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