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| Joanna Hall stabbed 40 times by boyfriend, Tenby murder trial told | Joanna Hall stabbed 40 times by boyfriend, Tenby murder trial told |
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| A woman was stabbed more than 40 times by her boyfriend in her Pembrokeshire home, a murder trial has heard. | |
| Prosecutors at Swansea Crown Court say Joanna Hall was attacked by Steven Daniel Williams, 30, of Tenby, at the house in Cresswell Street last March. | Prosecutors at Swansea Crown Court say Joanna Hall was attacked by Steven Daniel Williams, 30, of Tenby, at the house in Cresswell Street last March. |
| The jury head Mr Williams' 999 call describing how Ms Hall had been stabbed and was "dying". | The jury head Mr Williams' 999 call describing how Ms Hall had been stabbed and was "dying". |
| She was flown to Morriston Hospital in Swansea but died three weeks later. Mr Williams denies murder. | She was flown to Morriston Hospital in Swansea but died three weeks later. Mr Williams denies murder. |
| Elwen Evans QC, prosecuting, told the jury Ms Hall was repeatedly slashed and stabbed all over her body, with some of the injuries causing internal damage. | |
| The court heard Mr Williams arguing aggressively with the emergency operator and swearing during the recorded telephone call. | |
| A male voice said: "Someone's been stabbed. Her intestines are hanging out." He then swore and said she was dying. | |
| The jury was told how the operator struggled to get an address from the defendant who had to ask his dying girlfriend for details. | |
| In the background a woman's voice could be heard crying or calling out. The prosecution explained that the voice was Ms Hall's, at which point her mother broke down in the public gallery. | |
| Ms Evans told the jury that Ms Hall was awake when the air ambulance arrived and was able to give an account of what happened and named her attacker. | |
| She told the court: "She then became unconscious and died some days later leaving many questions unanswered. | |
| "The one person who can answer these questions has chosen not to." | |
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| The jury was told Mr Williams had visited Tenby Cottage Hospital on 15 March 2012, hours before the attack took place claiming he may have a sexually transmitted disease after having sex with a local woman, although he left without receiving a diagnosis. | |
| They saw texts which were later sent from Ms Hall to the defendant, including one saying: "Don't even no y keep coming bac when uv made it quite clear u don't want to be wiv me." | |
| After a number of texts and calls to Mr Williams, he replied: "Wot just coz i don't know where u live! U seriously wanna stay off the whiskey. youre horrible on it." | |
| More texts and calls followed, then the court saw CCTV footage of Mr Williams walking to Cresswell St just after midnight on 16 March. | |
| The next phone call from Ms Hall's phone was to her voicemail, but it was not clear who had made it. Mr Williams made a call to a friend just after 03.00 GMT. | |
| The jury also heard that there were marks on the sink which Ms Evans said were blood which matched Mr Williams' DNA, and suggested that initially Ms Hall had been able to fend him off during the attack. | |
| The court has been adjourned and the trial is continuing. |