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| Stabbed daughter 'wanted to die' | Stabbed daughter 'wanted to die' |
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| A man found with his teenage daughter's body in his car stabbed her because he believed she wanted to die after being raped, a murder trial has heard. | |
| Gary Fisher, 48, from Solihull, West Midlands, denies murdering Chanelle Sasha Jones, 17, in a Cardigan car park, at Swansea Crown Court. | |
| Prosecutors said he would claim he killed his daughter in a suicide pact. | |
| But they said it was an attempt by him to avoid responsibility and she had made no complaint of a rape to police. | |
| Outlining the case, the prosecution said Mr Fisher stabbed Ms Jones several times in a car park behind the Angel Hotel in Cardigan on Sunday 2 August. | Outlining the case, the prosecution said Mr Fisher stabbed Ms Jones several times in a car park behind the Angel Hotel in Cardigan on Sunday 2 August. |
| The court heard the pair had been out in his car since the early hours of the morning. | The court heard the pair had been out in his car since the early hours of the morning. |
| After stabbing Sasha, the court heard Mr Fisher covered her body with a sleeping bag and reclined her seat. | After stabbing Sasha, the court heard Mr Fisher covered her body with a sleeping bag and reclined her seat. |
| She was shocked to see the knife and tried to get away. But she couldn't because of the seatbelt Gary Fisher | She was shocked to see the knife and tried to get away. But she couldn't because of the seatbelt Gary Fisher |
| He drove around for several hours with her body in the car before he was stopped by police. | He drove around for several hours with her body in the car before he was stopped by police. |
| Prosecutor Chris Clee QC said when arrested, Mr Fisher told police he killed her because she had wanted to die after suffering a sex attack, and he planned to "end her suffering" in a suicide pact. | Prosecutor Chris Clee QC said when arrested, Mr Fisher told police he killed her because she had wanted to die after suffering a sex attack, and he planned to "end her suffering" in a suicide pact. |
| Mr Clee said Mr Fisher told hospital staff he had killed his daughter with a hunting knife. | Mr Clee said Mr Fisher told hospital staff he had killed his daughter with a hunting knife. |
| "He said his daughter told him she wanted to die. He said he planned it for the last two and a half months. | "He said his daughter told him she wanted to die. He said he planned it for the last two and a half months. |
| "He said, 'I felt she was suffering and I wanted to help her to die.'" | "He said, 'I felt she was suffering and I wanted to help her to die.'" |
| The court heard Mr Fisher later claimed to police that his daughter had been raped - and she 'couldn't live with the thought of that', but police said no complaint had been made to them. | The court heard Mr Fisher later claimed to police that his daughter had been raped - and she 'couldn't live with the thought of that', but police said no complaint had been made to them. |
| Mr Clee said: "This wasn't in any way, shape or form a suicide pact. It is simply an attempt by him to avoid his responsibility for what he did." | Mr Clee said: "This wasn't in any way, shape or form a suicide pact. It is simply an attempt by him to avoid his responsibility for what he did." |
| On the day of Sasha's death, the court heard Mr Fisher told police: "I got out of the car, took the knife, went to the passenger door and opened it. | On the day of Sasha's death, the court heard Mr Fisher told police: "I got out of the car, took the knife, went to the passenger door and opened it. |
| "She was shocked to see the knife and tried to get away. But she couldn't because of the seatbelt." | "She was shocked to see the knife and tried to get away. But she couldn't because of the seatbelt." |
| The court heard Mr Fisher had rowed with his daughter earlier in the summer because she wanted to be with her boyfriend instead of her father. | The court heard Mr Fisher had rowed with his daughter earlier in the summer because she wanted to be with her boyfriend instead of her father. |
| He had also given his 15-year-old son a hunting knife and a lock knife to look after on a visit to see his three children. | He had also given his 15-year-old son a hunting knife and a lock knife to look after on a visit to see his three children. |
| Mr Clee said Mr Fisher had rung his sister to confess to killing Sasha, and told one of her cousins what had happened. | Mr Clee said Mr Fisher had rung his sister to confess to killing Sasha, and told one of her cousins what had happened. |
| The court was told they alerted police, who saw his car near Aberaeron in Ceredigion, but when he refused to stop they used a stinger device to halt the car. | The court was told they alerted police, who saw his car near Aberaeron in Ceredigion, but when he refused to stop they used a stinger device to halt the car. |
| The trial continues. | The trial continues. |