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| Joss Stone murder plot trial: police officer recounts suspects' arrest | Joss Stone murder plot trial: police officer recounts suspects' arrest |
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| A police officer told a jury at Exeter crown court how she arrested two men accused of plotting to kill the soul singer Joss Stone after local people raised the alarm in June 2011. | A police officer told a jury at Exeter crown court how she arrested two men accused of plotting to kill the soul singer Joss Stone after local people raised the alarm in June 2011. |
| PC Victoria Dixon said she was the first officer to arrive at the scene in the Devon town of Cullompton, where she found a samurai sword in the boot of the men's battered Fiat Punto, along with two hammers, a metal spike, gaffer tape and black bags. | PC Victoria Dixon said she was the first officer to arrive at the scene in the Devon town of Cullompton, where she found a samurai sword in the boot of the men's battered Fiat Punto, along with two hammers, a metal spike, gaffer tape and black bags. |
| She also recovered a printout of a map of Devon, where the singer lives, that included the words: "Here Joss Stone." | She also recovered a printout of a map of Devon, where the singer lives, that included the words: "Here Joss Stone." |
| The jury was shown the sword and other items. | The jury was shown the sword and other items. |
| When Dixon asked the men what they were doing, one – Junior Bradshaw – said they had got lost while visiting a friend and were trying to find their way back to the motorway. | When Dixon asked the men what they were doing, one – Junior Bradshaw – said they had got lost while visiting a friend and were trying to find their way back to the motorway. |
| The prosecution alleges that Bradshaw, 32, and Kevin Liverpool, 35, conspired to rob and murder the 25-year-old singer. The men deny both charges and an allegation of conspiring to cause Stone grievous bodily harm. | The prosecution alleges that Bradshaw, 32, and Kevin Liverpool, 35, conspired to rob and murder the 25-year-old singer. The men deny both charges and an allegation of conspiring to cause Stone grievous bodily harm. |
| Notes found by the police allegedly suggest the two, who lived together in Manchester, planned to decapitate Stone – whom they called a "she-devil" – and throw her body in a river. | Notes found by the police allegedly suggest the two, who lived together in Manchester, planned to decapitate Stone – whom they called a "she-devil" – and throw her body in a river. |
| The prosecution has said their motive could have been financial but another note hinted they might have had a grudge against Stone because she had sung for the royal family and had been invited to Prince William's wedding. | The prosecution has said their motive could have been financial but another note hinted they might have had a grudge against Stone because she had sung for the royal family and had been invited to Prince William's wedding. |
| The jury also heard from psychiatric nurse Albert Hoogland, who said Bradshaw had been released from Manchester Royal Infirmary 14 months before the alleged plot. | The jury also heard from psychiatric nurse Albert Hoogland, who said Bradshaw had been released from Manchester Royal Infirmary 14 months before the alleged plot. |
| He said care workers thought it was not appropriate for him to move in with Liverpool – whom he referred to as his "cousin" though they are not related. | He said care workers thought it was not appropriate for him to move in with Liverpool – whom he referred to as his "cousin" though they are not related. |
| Hoogland said Bradshaw may have stopped taking his anti-psychotic medication but he saw him while he was living at the flat and did not consider his condition to have relapsed. | Hoogland said Bradshaw may have stopped taking his anti-psychotic medication but he saw him while he was living at the flat and did not consider his condition to have relapsed. |
| The trial continues. | The trial continues. |
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