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'Barbecue murder' trial jury out 'Barbecue murder' trial jury out
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The jury in the trial of a woman accused of murdering her husband at a barbecue is considering its verdict.The jury in the trial of a woman accused of murdering her husband at a barbecue is considering its verdict.
Kelly Davies, 26, from Cimla, Neath, denies murdering 27-year-old Neil Davies, who died from a single stab wound to the heart in June 2006. At Swansea Crown Court Kelly Davies, 26, from Cimla, Neath, denies murdering 27-year-old Neil Davies, who died from a stab wound to the heart in June 2006. She claimed he used to beat her, and someone else at the party was involved in his death, but the prosecution said she told "lie after lie after lie."
Mrs Davies has told the trial at Swansea Crown Court that her husband used to beat her, and that someone else at the party was involved in his death. The jury will resume its deliberations on Tuesday morning.
But the prosecution has claimed she has told "lie after lie after lie."
It is alleged that Mr Davies was killed by his wife with an ornamental three-pronged knife they bought as a souvenir while on honeymoon in the Dominican Republic.It is alleged that Mr Davies was killed by his wife with an ornamental three-pronged knife they bought as a souvenir while on honeymoon in the Dominican Republic.
He died in hospital after police and paramedics were called to their home after a barbecue on 24 June last year.He died in hospital after police and paramedics were called to their home after a barbecue on 24 June last year.
The prosecution has said that Mrs Davies, who worked at the DVLA in Swansea, flew into a rage because she thought her husband "fancied" two other women at the barbecue.The prosecution has said that Mrs Davies, who worked at the DVLA in Swansea, flew into a rage because she thought her husband "fancied" two other women at the barbecue.
The barbecue was held at the couple's houseThe barbecue was held at the couple's house
But the defence has argued that Mr Davies, a ceiling fitter, was injured either during an altercation between men at the barbecue, or while they were playing with knives.But the defence has argued that Mr Davies, a ceiling fitter, was injured either during an altercation between men at the barbecue, or while they were playing with knives.
Giving evidence, Mrs Davies told the jury that her husband drank heavily and that she knew him as "two different people - the sober and the drunk".Giving evidence, Mrs Davies told the jury that her husband drank heavily and that she knew him as "two different people - the sober and the drunk".
When questioned by her barrister, Elwen Evans QC, Mrs Davies told the court she had "played my part" during the couple's arguments and said that she had once smashed her husband's car windows and had thrown a can of lager at him.When questioned by her barrister, Elwen Evans QC, Mrs Davies told the court she had "played my part" during the couple's arguments and said that she had once smashed her husband's car windows and had thrown a can of lager at him.
She also admitted that she had threatened to stab him about two weeks before his death, but said she had not meant it.She also admitted that she had threatened to stab him about two weeks before his death, but said she had not meant it.