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Steven Williams 'flipped' and killed Joanna Hall, court hears Steven Williams 'flipped' and killed Joanna Hall, court hears
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A woman stabbed more than 40 times in her Pembrokeshire home was murdered by her boyfriend after he "flipped" during a row, her sister has told a court.A woman stabbed more than 40 times in her Pembrokeshire home was murdered by her boyfriend after he "flipped" during a row, her sister has told a court.
Joanna Hall, from Tenby, named Steven Daniel Williams as her attacker as she lay dying in hospital.Joanna Hall, from Tenby, named Steven Daniel Williams as her attacker as she lay dying in hospital.
She told her sister, Georgina Marwick, Mr Williams had been drinking before taking a knife from the kitchen, the court heard.She told her sister, Georgina Marwick, Mr Williams had been drinking before taking a knife from the kitchen, the court heard.
Mr Williams, 30, from Tenby, denies murder at Swansea Crown Court.Mr Williams, 30, from Tenby, denies murder at Swansea Crown Court.
The trial has previously heard Mr Williams posed as a grieving boyfriend and claimed a knifeman had broken in while he was out.
Ms Marwick attended Morriston Hospital after Ms Hall had been admitted.Ms Marwick attended Morriston Hospital after Ms Hall had been admitted.
"She was obviously in a lot of pain. Her arm was bandaged, but she was very lucid and coherent," she told the court."She was obviously in a lot of pain. Her arm was bandaged, but she was very lucid and coherent," she told the court.
"The first thing I asked was 'who did this to you?'. She said 'someone I know. I've been seeing him and his name is Steven Williams'.""The first thing I asked was 'who did this to you?'. She said 'someone I know. I've been seeing him and his name is Steven Williams'."
Ms Marwick told the court: "I then said to her why do you get involved with these sorts of people? She said he was nice to me. She said he'd come to her flat that night. He'd been drinking. They got into an argument and she'd asked him leave. Ms Marwick told the court: "I then said to her why do you get involved with these sorts of people? She said 'he was nice to me'. She said he'd come to her flat that night. He'd been drinking. They got into an argument and she'd asked him leave.
"He was in a temper and he ripped a radiator off the wall. He flipped."He was in a temper and he ripped a radiator off the wall. He flipped.
"He got a knife and he stabbed her. Jo didn't want to tell the police because she was scared. She said that he'd threatened if she told anyone, he'd come and finish her off or get someone else to do it.""He got a knife and he stabbed her. Jo didn't want to tell the police because she was scared. She said that he'd threatened if she told anyone, he'd come and finish her off or get someone else to do it."
Ms Marwick told the jury she told her sister not to worry and she should tell the police everything that happened.Ms Marwick told the jury she told her sister not to worry and she should tell the police everything that happened.
'Deep breath''Deep breath'
"She said she has asked him (Mr Williams) to phone for help, but he refused saying 'you have a choice, take your knife, or I'll take it for you'." "She said she has asked him (Mr Williams) to phone for help, but he refused saying 'you have a choice, take your life, or I'll take it for you'."
Ms Marwick then told the court Mr Williams said to her sister he "didn't want to have to do this, but I'm going to have to kill you now. I'm not going back to prison".Ms Marwick then told the court Mr Williams said to her sister he "didn't want to have to do this, but I'm going to have to kill you now. I'm not going back to prison".
Ms Marwick told the court her sister said Mr Williams sat with her all night, just smoking cigarettes.Ms Marwick told the court her sister said Mr Williams sat with her all night, just smoking cigarettes.
"She remembers struggling to take a deep breath. He said 'will you just die?'" she said."She remembers struggling to take a deep breath. He said 'will you just die?'" she said.
The next morning, it is alleged, he told Ms Hall he was going to the shops and said sarcastically, 'don't run off anywhere'.The next morning, it is alleged, he told Ms Hall he was going to the shops and said sarcastically, 'don't run off anywhere'.
Ms Marwick said her sister was joking as she lay dying in hospital because she did not want to upset her family.
She said, according to Ms Hall, Mr Williams used a knife she and her husband had given to her as a moving in present.
"I'll never forget that conversation. I've thought about it every day since. It's one of the last times I spoke to her," Ms Marwick said.
Took notes
She then told the court she had been celebrating her birthday on a night out in Cardiff on 14 March and had received three missed calls and a voicemail from her sister, which she did not pick up until the following day.
In evidence, Andrew Marwick, the Ms Hall's brother-in-law who is also an officer with the Metropolitan Police, said he made a note of what Ms Hall said from her hospital bed on his phone.
He said he did not hear the entire conversation between the sisters.
Mr Marwick told Christopher Clee QC, defending, he took notes because he knew the importance of the conversation.
"I knew her injuries were serious and I knew it might be the last thing she said," he told the court.
On Wednesday, the jury heard Mr Williams's 999 call describing how Ms Hall had been stabbed and was "dying". She died three weeks later.On Wednesday, the jury heard Mr Williams's 999 call describing how Ms Hall had been stabbed and was "dying". She died three weeks later.
The trial heard Mr Williams posed as a grieving boyfriend and claimed a knifeman had broken in while he was out. Elwen Evans QC, prosecuting, has told the jury Ms Hall was repeatedly slashed and stabbed all over her body, with some of the injuries causing internal damage.
But the jury heard Ms Hall came around and named Mr Williams as her killer before slipping back into unconsciousness.
'Stabbed me'
Ms Hall told police: "He started shouting at me and went into the kitchen and came back with a knife.
"I asked him what he was going to do with it and he said 'watch me'.
"He stabbed me in the back and the knife got stuck but he managed to get it out and carried on stabbing me.
"I thought I was going to die."
Elwen Evans QC, prosecuting, told the jury Ms Hall was repeatedly slashed and stabbed all over her body, with some of the injuries causing internal damage.
Ms Evans told the jury that Ms Hall was awake when the air ambulance arrived and was able to give an account of what happened and named her attacker.Ms Evans told the jury that Ms Hall was awake when the air ambulance arrived and was able to give an account of what happened and named her attacker.