Woman ‘killed boyfriend who said she was “a nutter but sex was really good”‘

Jurors heard how Hayley Keating, 31, stabbed her boyfriend in a drink and drug fueled rage

A mum-of-two killed her companion by ‘throwing’ a big kitchen knife which lodged 4 inches into his chest, a jury has heard.

Hayley Keating, 31, is accused of murdering Matthew Wormleighton, who beforehand advised mates she was a ‘nutter however the intercourse was actually good’.

Within the early hours of Might 14 final yr, she grabbed a knife from the kitchen and launched it at her boyfriend of three years in a drink and drug fuelled rage, prosecutors declare.

Jurors at Bristol Crown Court docket heard how the blade dug 10 centimetres into the dad-of-two’s chest on the couple’s house in Yeovil, Somerset.

The trial heard how Keating instantly rang emergency providers saying she’d stabbed her companion, however prosecutor Jo Martin QC stated this account ‘might not be proper’.

She advised the court docket how the defendant now says ‘she threw the knife in his course’ and that ‘she doesn't understand how he grew to become injured, and he or she can not bear in mind what occurred’.

Miss Martin stated the jury ought to think about how the knife ended up 10 centimeters deep within the sufferer’s chest and whether or not Keating threw it or held it in her hand as she stabbed him.

Keating, 31, was ‘indignant and upset’ as a result of her companion was ‘making an attempt to go away her’, prosecutors say

The defence’s case is that Mr Wormleighton, 45, was violent in direction of Keating up to now and that he’d ‘frightened’ her on the night time in query

She stated the defendant was ‘indignant and upset’ as a result of her companion was ‘making an attempt to go away her’ and that her temper was exacerbated by drink and medicines.

Jurors heard how the defence’s case is that the sufferer was violent in direction of Keating up to now and frightened her on the night time in query.

The court docket was advised that Mr Wormleighton was controlling and coercive in direction of Keating, who the prosecution say could undergo from a psychological sickness which ends up in an incapacity to take care of self management.

The sufferer had two earlier important relationships and neither girl stated he was violent or controlling however ‘caring, beneficiant and a loveable rogue’.

Keating was described as being ‘humorous, entertaining and sort’ however ‘excessive’ in her behaviour.

Jurors heard how each of them used alcohol and cocaine and suffered with despair.

Keating denies homicide and her trial continues.

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