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Norwich pair 'tortured and killed' pensioner Barry Reeve Norwich pair 'tortured and killed' pensioner Barry Reeve
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Two women tortured a pensioner and then left him to slowly die, a court has heard. Two women tortured a pensioner and then left him to die, a court has heard.
Kelly Louise Barnes, 32, and Jodie Barnes, formerly Ramsbottom, 31, are accused of targeting retired bus conductor Barry Reeve, believing he had a secret stash of money. Kelly Barnes, 32, and Jodie Barnes, formerly Ramsbottom, 31, are accused of targeting retired bus conductor Barry Reeve, believing he had hidden money.
They beat Mr Reeve, 67, and cut him with a knife at his home in Norwich in an attempt to make him disclose his PIN, Norwich Crown Court heard. They beat Mr Reeve, 67, and cut him with a knife at his home in Norwich in an attempt to make him disclose his Pin number, Norwich Crown Court heard.
The pair deny murder. The two drug addicts are in a civil partnership and live together in Bixley Close, Norwich. They deny murder.
Drug addicts Prosecutor Karim Khalil QC told the jury the pair returned to the house in Corton Road after the attack on 9 February last year and stripped it of anything of value, including food from the freezer.
The two women, both of Bixley Close, Norwich, are in a civil partnership together. A post-mortem examination showed Mr Reeve was alive for at least 15 hours and up to 48 hours after the attack, meaning he was still alive when they returned.
After the attack on 9 February last year the couple, both drug addicts, left Mr Reeve dying, Norwich Crown Court heard. His body was discovered two weeks later when his daughter called at the house.
Prosecutor Karim Khalil QC told the jury the pair returned to his terraced house in the city's Corton Road later that evening and stripped it of anything of value, including food from the freezer. Mr Khalil said: "His injuries reveal that whilst he was still alive he was beaten savagely and that he was scored with a sharp blade to his face and torso in a manner akin to torture - he must have suffered dreadfully.
Mr Reeve's body was discovered two weeks later when his daughter called at the house. "Both of these defendants went to his home uninvited. He was alive when they arrived and was left dying when they departed."
Describing the alleged attack, Mr Khalil said: "He was brutally beaten, cut with a sharp blade and left to die in his home, unable to summon help. By chance, Mr Reeve's daughter met the two accused woman on the day of her father's death.
"It is a sad fact that he was not found until two weeks later when his daughter, Julie Reeve, called round. She found the back door unlocked, opened it and saw blood on the inner door. They asked her for directions after meeting her in the street and she felt intimidated, she told the court.
"She could not bear to go in any further and called on a neighbour. Together they went back, called for him but got no answer and decided to call the emergency services." '£2,000 in cash'
Julie Reeve did not realise the significance of the meeting until after her father was found.
Ms Reeves said she called the emergency services after finding the back door to her father's home unlocked, blood on an inner door and no answer when she called his name.
The court heard the volume on Mr Reeve's television had been turned up high in an apparent attempt to prevent neighbours overhearing his screams.
Mr Reeve lived off a pension and benefits but had been heard talking about having large sums of money, once claiming that he carried around £2,000 in cash.
The case continues.The case continues.