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| S&M lover describes wife murder | S&M lover describes wife murder |
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| A woman who stabbed to death her lover's wife has described to Swansea Crown Court how her victim tried to defend herself. | A woman who stabbed to death her lover's wife has described to Swansea Crown Court how her victim tried to defend herself. |
| Rebecca Harris, 30, from Morriston, Swansea, who was in a sado-masochistic relationship with Stephen Marsh, has admitted killing Jaspal Marsh, 37. | Rebecca Harris, 30, from Morriston, Swansea, who was in a sado-masochistic relationship with Stephen Marsh, has admitted killing Jaspal Marsh, 37. |
| She claims she carried out the attack after being persuaded to by Mr Marsh, 36, of Gorseinon, who denies murder. | She claims she carried out the attack after being persuaded to by Mr Marsh, 36, of Gorseinon, who denies murder. |
| On her way there she says he sent many text messages urging her to do it. | On her way there she says he sent many text messages urging her to do it. |
| The couple had met eight months before at the directory inquiries call centre they both worked in and had gone on to develop a sado-masochistic relationship in which they cut each other with a knife. | The couple had met eight months before at the directory inquiries call centre they both worked in and had gone on to develop a sado-masochistic relationship in which they cut each other with a knife. |
| Harris told that on the night of the murder, she drove to Mrs Marsh's marital home in Gorseinon after meeting her lover Mr Marsh in a Swansea city centre pub for a work party. | |
| Stephen Marsh denies arranging the killing of his wife | Stephen Marsh denies arranging the killing of his wife |
| During her journey she said he repeatedly sent her many text messages urging her to go through with the killing. | During her journey she said he repeatedly sent her many text messages urging her to go through with the killing. |
| She said some read: "You can do it, you are strong enough. Please do it, please do it. You and me together forever." | |
| Harris told the jury how she parked her car close to the entrance to the housing estate and approached the three-bedroom home from a side path. | Harris told the jury how she parked her car close to the entrance to the housing estate and approached the three-bedroom home from a side path. |
| Often in tears during her evidence, she said: "The door was unlocked as he said. I went in through the front door." | Often in tears during her evidence, she said: "The door was unlocked as he said. I went in through the front door." |
| She told the court that the couple's dog was in the house but he was familiar with her as she had visited the home to have sex with her married lover. | She told the court that the couple's dog was in the house but he was familiar with her as she had visited the home to have sex with her married lover. |
| He told me to pick the largest one from the knife block. It was quiet. It was pitch black. Rebecca Harris | He told me to pick the largest one from the knife block. It was quiet. It was pitch black. Rebecca Harris |
| "I went straight to the kitchen, I got the knife out of the knife block like Stephen had told me to do," she said. | "I went straight to the kitchen, I got the knife out of the knife block like Stephen had told me to do," she said. |
| "He told me to pick the largest one from the knife block. It was quiet. It was pitch black." | "He told me to pick the largest one from the knife block. It was quiet. It was pitch black." |
| She said she went upstairs and just before she entered the bedroom a text arrived on her mobile which simply read: "Do it, just do it". | She said she went upstairs and just before she entered the bedroom a text arrived on her mobile which simply read: "Do it, just do it". |
| She then described opening the bedroom door. | She then described opening the bedroom door. |
| "She [Jaspal Marsh] was lying on the bed, she was facing me," she said. | "She [Jaspal Marsh] was lying on the bed, she was facing me," she said. |
| "All of a sudden, she came flying off the bed straight for me. | "All of a sudden, she came flying off the bed straight for me. |
| "She had her hands around my throat. She pushed me down on the floor and I remember thinking she was really heavy. | "She had her hands around my throat. She pushed me down on the floor and I remember thinking she was really heavy. |
| Jaspal Marsh died after she was stabbed 16 times in her bedroom | Jaspal Marsh died after she was stabbed 16 times in her bedroom |
| "She pushed my head up against the chest of drawers, I had the knife in my hand and all I can remember is stabbing her once or twice." | "She pushed my head up against the chest of drawers, I had the knife in my hand and all I can remember is stabbing her once or twice." |
| Breaking down in the witness stand, Harris asked the judge if she could have a break from giving evidence. | Breaking down in the witness stand, Harris asked the judge if she could have a break from giving evidence. |
| Mrs Marsh's body was by her husband in July 2006. She had been stabbed 16 times. | Mrs Marsh's body was by her husband in July 2006. She had been stabbed 16 times. |
| The jury has already heard claims by Harris that Mr Marsh had arranged an alibi for himself and had persuaded her to carry out the killing, discussing details of the murder on many occasions in pubs and in her car. | The jury has already heard claims by Harris that Mr Marsh had arranged an alibi for himself and had persuaded her to carry out the killing, discussing details of the murder on many occasions in pubs and in her car. |
| Earlier, the court was shown a police video of the murder scene at the Marsh home in Gorseinon. | Earlier, the court was shown a police video of the murder scene at the Marsh home in Gorseinon. |
| The video showed Mrs Marsh's body, with the kitchen knife still sticking out of her chest, lying next to her blood-stained bed. | The video showed Mrs Marsh's body, with the kitchen knife still sticking out of her chest, lying next to her blood-stained bed. |
| The trial also heard from three police officers, who were called to the house in the aftermath of her death. | The trial also heard from three police officers, who were called to the house in the aftermath of her death. |
| They said that Mr Marsh was visibly upset, looking very pale with bloodshot eyes. | They said that Mr Marsh was visibly upset, looking very pale with bloodshot eyes. |
| He had told them, if only he had come home last night then it would never have happened. | He had told them, if only he had come home last night then it would never have happened. |
| The trial continues. | The trial continues. |