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Steven Williams 'flipped' and killed Joanna Hall, court hears Steven Williams stabbed and waited for Joanna Hall to die, court told
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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 boyfriend who stabbed his partner 40 times smoked cigarettes and waited around five hours for her to die before calling 999, a jury was told.
Joanna Hall, from Tenby, named Steven Daniel Williams as her attacker as she lay dying in hospital. Steven Williams, 30, had "flipped" following a row at the home of Joanna Hall in Tenby, Pembrokeshire, Swansea Crown 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, of Tenby, who denies murder, had allegedly been drinking before taking a knife from the kitchen.
Mr Williams, 30, from Tenby, denies murder at Swansea Crown Court. The trial has heard he claimed a knifeman had broken in.
The trial has previously heard Mr Williams posed as a grieving boyfriend and claimed a knifeman had broken in while he was out. Ms Hall eventually went to hospital but died three weeks later.
Ms Marwick attended Morriston Hospital after Ms Hall had been admitted. On Thursday, the jury heard from Ms Hall's sister Georgina Marwick who attended Morriston Hospital after the incident.
"She was obviously in a lot of pain. Her arm was bandaged, but she was very lucid and coherent," she told the court. Ms Hall had told her Mr Williams had stabbed her after an argument, Ms Marwick told the court.
"She was obviously in a lot of pain. Her arm was bandaged, but she was very lucid and coherent," she said.
"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 life, 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.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.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."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 'Drunk on whisky'
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.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. The court heard from Det Con Richard Davies, from Dyfed-Powys Police, who took a statement from Ms Hall from her hospital bed.
He said he did not hear the entire conversation between the sisters. Reading it to the court, he said: "Last night Steve turned up drunk on whisky and he got a knife and he stabbed me. It was Steve Williams. They call him Steve Sparrow.
Mr Marwick told Christopher Clee QC, defending, he took notes because he knew the importance of the conversation. "The knife was silver. EastEnders was on TV. I begged him to call an ambulance. He stayed all night. I was in so much pain."
"I knew her injuries were serious and I knew it might be the last thing she said," he told the court. A statement was also read from anaesthetist Christopher Lambert, who treated Ms Hall after the attack.
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. "She explained being trapped in the house, while being stabbed by a man she knew," the statement read.
"She explained each time the man apologised for doing it, but stabbed her again."
On Wednesday, the jury heard Mr Williams's 999 call describing how Ms Hall had been stabbed and was "dying".
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.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.
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.