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| Victim 'told killer I love you' | Victim 'told killer I love you' |
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| A man who admits killing his former partner told a jury she said she loved him as he stabbed her three times. | A man who admits killing his former partner told a jury she said she loved him as he stabbed her three times. |
| Trevor Ferguson, 49, of Manchester, denies murdering Karen McGraw, 50, but claims provocation and diminished responsibility make it manslaughter. | Trevor Ferguson, 49, of Manchester, denies murdering Karen McGraw, 50, but claims provocation and diminished responsibility make it manslaughter. |
| The mother-of-four was killed at her home in Connah's Quay, Flintshire, and he said she asked: "Trevor I love you, why are you doing this to me?" | The mother-of-four was killed at her home in Connah's Quay, Flintshire, and he said she asked: "Trevor I love you, why are you doing this to me?" |
| He replied: "It's too late." The trial at Mold Crown Court continues. | He replied: "It's too late." The trial at Mold Crown Court continues. |
| Mr Ferguson said he kicked Ms McGraw's front door open, saw her outside the rear patio doors and heard her say: "Help." | Mr Ferguson said he kicked Ms McGraw's front door open, saw her outside the rear patio doors and heard her say: "Help." |
| I wish I had never done it... Karen did not deserve that Trevor Ferguson, defendant | I wish I had never done it... Karen did not deserve that Trevor Ferguson, defendant |
| He followed her around the house until she was trapped by locked gates. | He followed her around the house until she was trapped by locked gates. |
| "She had locked herself in," he said. | "She had locked herself in," he said. |
| Asked by Patrick Harrington QC, defending, what he did next, Mr Ferguson replied: "I stabbed her." | Asked by Patrick Harrington QC, defending, what he did next, Mr Ferguson replied: "I stabbed her." |
| Asked what he intended to do when he took out the knife and stabbed her, he said he did not know. | Asked what he intended to do when he took out the knife and stabbed her, he said he did not know. |
| Mr Harrington asked if he realised that using a knife like that was likely to cause very serious injury. | Mr Harrington asked if he realised that using a knife like that was likely to cause very serious injury. |
| He replied: "No, I had no thoughts in my head. | He replied: "No, I had no thoughts in my head. |
| "It is so hard to explain. I cannot explain it to anybody." | "It is so hard to explain. I cannot explain it to anybody." |
| He added: "I wish I had never done it. I wish I had driven away that night." | He added: "I wish I had never done it. I wish I had driven away that night." |
| As she was stabbed, Karen McGraw asked: "Why are you doing this?" | As she was stabbed, Karen McGraw asked: "Why are you doing this?" |
| Mr Ferguson cried in the witness box as he said: "Karen did not deserve that." | Mr Ferguson cried in the witness box as he said: "Karen did not deserve that." |
| He said he realised that his victim was very seriously injured but did not make any attempt to call emergency services, and was arrested later the same day in Wythenshawe, Greater Manchester. | He said he realised that his victim was very seriously injured but did not make any attempt to call emergency services, and was arrested later the same day in Wythenshawe, Greater Manchester. |
| He also told told the jury how he had not set out from Manchester earlier that day to harm Ms McGraw, adding he "loved her to bits". | He also told told the jury how he had not set out from Manchester earlier that day to harm Ms McGraw, adding he "loved her to bits". |
| The knife, he said, was one of a number he had removed from Ms McGraw's because he claimed she was depressed and self-harming. | The knife, he said, was one of a number he had removed from Ms McGraw's because he claimed she was depressed and self-harming. |
| He told the jury about his earlier convictions, but said he had none for violence, and had not been in trouble for 23 years. | He told the jury about his earlier convictions, but said he had none for violence, and had not been in trouble for 23 years. |
| He told how the couple met through an internet dating site called Smooch, and were initially happy. | He told how the couple met through an internet dating site called Smooch, and were initially happy. |
| Assault | Assault |
| However, he said he had slapped her twice and appeared before Wrexham magistrates for assaulting her. | However, he said he had slapped her twice and appeared before Wrexham magistrates for assaulting her. |
| The pair got back together, despite him being on bail not to approach her. | The pair got back together, despite him being on bail not to approach her. |
| The day before Ms McGraw died, Mr Ferguson had taken an overdose and ended up in hospital, the court heard. | |
| Mr Ferguson said he had tried to kill himself and said the pair had exchanged text messages "where we were both going to kill ourselves". | |
| However, shortly before the killing, Ms McGraw ended the relationship. | However, shortly before the killing, Ms McGraw ended the relationship. |
| Although the pair had previously got back together after splitting up, Mr Ferguson said on the day of her death Ms McGraw had sent texts in which "she was being a bit funny with me". | Although the pair had previously got back together after splitting up, Mr Ferguson said on the day of her death Ms McGraw had sent texts in which "she was being a bit funny with me". |
| Asked why he had taken the weapon with him to her home, he said: "My head went. I cannot explain." | Asked why he had taken the weapon with him to her home, he said: "My head went. I cannot explain." |