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A man accused of killing his daughter and travelling for hours with her body in his car was seen driving past her home by her mother, a jury hears. | A man accused of killing his daughter and travelling for hours with her body in his car was seen driving past her home by her mother, a jury hears. |
Gary Fisher, 48, from Solihull, West Midlands, denies murdering Chanelle Sasha Jones, 17, in a Cardigan car park, Swansea Crown Court has heard. | Gary Fisher, 48, from Solihull, West Midlands, denies murdering Chanelle Sasha Jones, 17, in a Cardigan car park, Swansea Crown Court has heard. |
His former partner, Jayne Jones, said Mr Fisher twice drove in front of her house with a "wry smile" on his face. | His former partner, Jayne Jones, said Mr Fisher twice drove in front of her house with a "wry smile" on his face. |
The court heard Ms Jones did not know her daughter's body was in the car. | The court heard Ms Jones did not know her daughter's body was in the car. |
The murder trial has been told Mr Fisher drove around for several hours on Sunday 2 August last year with his daughter's body in the car before he was stopped by police using a stinger device. | The murder trial has been told Mr Fisher drove around for several hours on Sunday 2 August last year with his daughter's body in the car before he was stopped by police using a stinger device. |
The prosecution claims he stabbed Chanelle, also known as Sasha, to death in a car park behind the Angel Hotel in Cardigan and that he said the two of them had a suicide pact. | The prosecution claims he stabbed Chanelle, also known as Sasha, to death in a car park behind the Angel Hotel in Cardigan and that he said the two of them had a suicide pact. |
After the stabbing, the court has heard, the defendant covered the girl's body with a sleeping bag and reclined her seat in his silver Ford Fiesta car. | After the stabbing, the court has heard, the defendant covered the girl's body with a sleeping bag and reclined her seat in his silver Ford Fiesta car. |
He would just turn up, even if I said no - I would be nervous of him, I always told the children not to be alone with him Gary Fisher's former partner, Jayne Jones | He would just turn up, even if I said no - I would be nervous of him, I always told the children not to be alone with him Gary Fisher's former partner, Jayne Jones |
Ms Jones told the jury in the hours before her daughter's body was found, her former partner pulled up outside her home in his car. | Ms Jones told the jury in the hours before her daughter's body was found, her former partner pulled up outside her home in his car. |
She said: "Gary drove past in his car - he went to the top of the estate and turned around. | She said: "Gary drove past in his car - he went to the top of the estate and turned around. |
"He saw me and he was looking up into the sky with a smirk on his face. | "He saw me and he was looking up into the sky with a smirk on his face. |
"There was no sign of Chanelle. He turned around and drove past us again. He had a wry smile as if he was in a daze. | "There was no sign of Chanelle. He turned around and drove past us again. He had a wry smile as if he was in a daze. |
"He drove onto my drive for a couple of seconds and sped off. I phoned the police." | "He drove onto my drive for a couple of seconds and sped off. I phoned the police." |
Three children | Three children |
Mr Fisher refused to stop for police when his car was spotted near Aberaeron, Ceredigion, and he crashed after the stinger device was deployed. | |
The court heard Mr Fisher and Ms Jones, who met in the West Midlands in 1991, had three children together before splitting up. | The court heard Mr Fisher and Ms Jones, who met in the West Midlands in 1991, had three children together before splitting up. |
The court heard Mr Fisher made contact with the children five years ago after befriending Ms Jones's mother. | |
"One Christmas she phoned to say he had bought them presents and would like to see them so I reluctantly relented. | "One Christmas she phoned to say he had bought them presents and would like to see them so I reluctantly relented. |
"He would just turn up, even if I said no. I would be nervous of him, I always told the children not to be alone with him." | "He would just turn up, even if I said no. I would be nervous of him, I always told the children not to be alone with him." |
The prosecution claims Mr Fisher told police he killed Chanelle because she had wanted to die after suffering a sex attack. | |
Ms Jones told the court how her daughter was affected by an alleged rape in 2006. | |
'Bullying and aggressive' | |
She said: "Chanelle went to hospital to speak to people, she also spoke teachers and a nurse at her school and had counselling. | |
"Chanelle told the police a certain amount of what happened but she couldn't carry on." | |
She said her daughter had tried to kill herself and overdosed on tablets, but she claimed it was "a cry for help." | |
Jurors were also told Chanelle's younger brother saved her throwing herself into a river on a previous occasion. | |
The court also heard from a schoolboy who heard a confrontation in the car park of the Angel Hotel in Cardigan. | |
"I heard a girl saying "no" in a scared way, like if you're scared someone is going to shoot you," he told the jury. | |
"The man looked kind of drunk. I felt pretty scared looking at him because I didn't know what would happen - and he was looking at me." | |
A woman passer-by also heard a man in the car park saying "just get in" in a "bullying and aggressive tone." | |
The woman said she also heard "murmurs and muffles", but could not be sure who they were from. | |
The trial continues. | The trial continues. |
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