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| Jordan Taylor trial: Laura Davies 'stabbed by ex-boyfriend' | Jordan Taylor trial: Laura Davies 'stabbed by ex-boyfriend' |
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| A horse groomer was brutally stabbed to death after ending her relationship with her killer, a jury has heard. | |
| Laura Davies, 21, was killed in the attack near the Essex Horse and Pony Protection Society base in Basildon where she lived and worked. | Laura Davies, 21, was killed in the attack near the Essex Horse and Pony Protection Society base in Basildon where she lived and worked. |
| Her ex-boyfriend, Jordan Taylor, 22, of Basildon, denies murder. | Her ex-boyfriend, Jordan Taylor, 22, of Basildon, denies murder. |
| Chelmsford Crown Court heard Miss Davies had told him she wanted to stop seeing him shortly before the attack. | Chelmsford Crown Court heard Miss Davies had told him she wanted to stop seeing him shortly before the attack. |
| Prosecutor Peter Gair said: "We say her life was taken by this man during a sustained and brutal attack with a knife. She suffered 80 knife wounds to her body. | Prosecutor Peter Gair said: "We say her life was taken by this man during a sustained and brutal attack with a knife. She suffered 80 knife wounds to her body. |
| "That attack was as a direct result of her telling the defendant that their relationship was over. | "That attack was as a direct result of her telling the defendant that their relationship was over. |
| "Whether it was motivated by jealousy or anger of a mixture of both and other emotions, he exacted a terrible revenge on her which caused her to die at the scene." | "Whether it was motivated by jealousy or anger of a mixture of both and other emotions, he exacted a terrible revenge on her which caused her to die at the scene." |
| The trial continues. | The trial continues. |