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| Woman's murder brutal, jury told | Woman's murder brutal, jury told |
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| A couple accused of murdering a woman who was found beaten and dumped in Snowdonia are blaming each other for killing her, a jury has been told. | |
| The body of single mother Lorraine Jones, 45, from Leeswood near Mold, was found dumped near Bala, in June 2005. | The body of single mother Lorraine Jones, 45, from Leeswood near Mold, was found dumped near Bala, in June 2005. |
| Mold Crown Court heard that there was also evidence to suggest a sadistic or sexual motive to the attack. | Mold Crown Court heard that there was also evidence to suggest a sadistic or sexual motive to the attack. |
| Christopher Reed, 40, and his partner Kathy Williams, 30, from Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, both deny murder. | Christopher Reed, 40, and his partner Kathy Williams, 30, from Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, both deny murder. |
| Peter Hughes QC, prosecuting, told the jury that the defendants had been the last to see Ms Jones alive at their flat and suspicion fell on them. | Peter Hughes QC, prosecuting, told the jury that the defendants had been the last to see Ms Jones alive at their flat and suspicion fell on them. |
| Her body was discovered dumped in rough ground, near the A4212 Bala to Trawsfynydd road. | Her body was discovered dumped in rough ground, near the A4212 Bala to Trawsfynydd road. |
| She had been beaten, she had been stabbed, and it was subsequently discovered that she had been strangled Peter Hughes QC | She had been beaten, she had been stabbed, and it was subsequently discovered that she had been strangled Peter Hughes QC |
| Mr Hughes said: "She was naked apart from a pair of tracksuit bottoms which were around the lower part of her legs. | Mr Hughes said: "She was naked apart from a pair of tracksuit bottoms which were around the lower part of her legs. |
| "She had been dead for some time. | "She had been dead for some time. |
| "It was readily apparent by looking at the body that she had been the victim of a sustained and brutal attack," he said. | "It was readily apparent by looking at the body that she had been the victim of a sustained and brutal attack," he said. |
| "There was hardly a part of her body that had not been injured in some way or other and the injuries had been inflicted by a number of different means. | "There was hardly a part of her body that had not been injured in some way or other and the injuries had been inflicted by a number of different means. |
| "She had been beaten, she had been stabbed, and it was subsequently discovered that she had been strangled. | "She had been beaten, she had been stabbed, and it was subsequently discovered that she had been strangled. |
| 'Pack of lies' | 'Pack of lies' |
| "So extensive were her injuries that it is hard to say just which of them actually killed her." | "So extensive were her injuries that it is hard to say just which of them actually killed her." |
| Mr Hughes said that the defendants blamed each other for the murder and they had told police "a pack of lies" about what had happened. | Mr Hughes said that the defendants blamed each other for the murder and they had told police "a pack of lies" about what had happened. |
| He said: "Each claims to have been asleep in bed while the other, acting alone, single-handedly and single-mindedly carried out the fatal attack. | He said: "Each claims to have been asleep in bed while the other, acting alone, single-handedly and single-mindedly carried out the fatal attack. |
| "They each claim to have only discovered the horror of what had happened later when they woke up the following morning." | "They each claim to have only discovered the horror of what had happened later when they woke up the following morning." |
| The prosecution case was that their revised and re-scripted version of events was no more than a desperate attempt to save their own skin at the expense of each other. | The prosecution case was that their revised and re-scripted version of events was no more than a desperate attempt to save their own skin at the expense of each other. |
| Ms Williams is also charged with conspiring to pervert the course of justice by agreeing to dispose of the body, concealing Ms Jones' clothing and personal property, and giving a false account to police about when she had last seen her. | Ms Williams is also charged with conspiring to pervert the course of justice by agreeing to dispose of the body, concealing Ms Jones' clothing and personal property, and giving a false account to police about when she had last seen her. |
| The trial is expected to last four weeks. | The trial is expected to last four weeks. |