cannabis and ordered a takeaway after bludgeoning his Scottish girlfriend to death in a lockdown row, a court has heard. Wayne Morris, 47, pled guilty to killing Ruth Brown, 52, during the first national coronavirus lockdown but denies murder.
He told a jury he admits responsibility for her death despite having no recollection of attacking his partner of six years after they drank heavily and argued in her kitchen in Bognor, Sussex.
Ruth, a petite former barmaid from Edinburgh, had been struck at least four times with a plastic tray, expert evidence showed.Her two skull fractures were consistent with being hit by the broken plastic tray found at the house.Ruth was diagnosed with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and was very concerned.
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