drugs.He agreed and the two had dinner at a local restaurant before heading to the apartment to use "ice", a slang term for methamphetamine, with a group of Ms Herron's friends.They filmed a video of her conversation with Hammond because the two were "acting strangely", the court heard.
In the early hours of May 25 the two headed to Royal Park together. It was there that Hammond picked up a tree branch, prompting a nervous Ms Herron to ask if he intended to kill her.
He hit her in the face and beat her repeatedly with the branch for 50 minutes.A man who was sleeping in the park heard screaming and hitting sounds, and described Hammond as going "hell for leather" for almost an hour.
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