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Steven Williams 'panicked' over dying girlfriend Joanna Hall Joanna Hall murder: Steven Williams had bloodstained jeans
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A man who denies stabbing his girlfriend more than 40 times leaving her to bleed to death says he did not call for help because he "panicked". A man accused of stabbing his girlfriend more than 40 times had blood on his clothing, a jury has heard.
Steven Williams, 30, told Swansea Crown Court he found Joanna Hall severely injured at her home in Tenby, Pembrokeshire last March. Alcoholic Steven Williams, 30, visited a supermarket with bloodstained jeans, Swansea Crown Court was told.
He told the court it "didn't cross my mind" to call for help, and waited half an hour before calling police. But Mr Williams, who denies murder, has said he did not find Joanna Hall injured until after he returned from the shop on 16 March.
Ms Hall died three weeks later. Mr Williams denies murder. Ms Hall died in hospital three weeks later, but identified Mr Williams as her attacker.
On Wednesday, he told the court he had been at Ms Hall's flat in the early hours of 16 March but had gone to a nearby Sainsbury's supermarket at around 07:30 GMT. On Wednesday, Elwen Evans QC, prosecuting, told the defendant: "Your jeans were bloodstained when you walked to Sainsbury's, weren't they?"
He said the pair had been drinking and talking all night. "Not that much," he replied.
Elwen Evans QC, prosecuting, asked the defendant about the "gruesome" scene he was faced with on his return from the supermarket. Stroking dog
"She was there, covered in blood," Mr Williams said. He told the court the first thing he did was to check the flat to see if anyone was there. Ms Evans repeated the question and Mr Williams replied: "I'm not sure."
"That must have taken all of two seconds. what do you do next?" Ms Evans said. "You had already stabbed and injured her dreadfully before you went to Sainsbury's, hadn't you?"
"Wrap her in a blanket, give her a drink, then Steve [Camp, a friend] came round," Mr Williams replied. "No," replied Mr Williams who suggested the blood was left there from another occasion when Ms Hall had apparently tried to self harm.
"I didn't know what to do. I'd never been in that situation, It didn't cross my mind [to get help]." Earlier, Mr Williams told the jury he had been at Ms Hall's flat in the early hours of 16 March but had gone to the supermarket at about 07:30 GMT.
He claimed the pair had been drinking, talking and he had left her stroking her dog, Cameron, on the sofa.
He said he found Ms Hall injured on his return, but panicked and waited half an hour to dial 999.
When the police arrived, Ms Evans said Mr Williams was "laughing one minute" and angry the next.
"Is that how you were behaving with them?" she asked.
"Not sure," he replied.
"Do you accept you were laughing during the 999 call?" she continued.
"Yeah," Mr Williams replied.
'I was panicking'
Earlier, he told the court it took him half an hour to call for help when he found Ms Hall injured.
"I didn't know what to do. I'd never been in that situation, It didn't cross my mind [to get help]," Mr Williams said.
Ms Evans asked: "Was it that you didn't know what to do because you caused those injuries, Mr Williams?"Ms Evans asked: "Was it that you didn't know what to do because you caused those injuries, Mr Williams?"
"No," he replied."No," he replied.
"It didn't cross my mind, I was panicking, I didn't know what to do.""It didn't cross my mind, I was panicking, I didn't know what to do."
"So you were going to leave her to bleed to death?" Ms Evans said."So you were going to leave her to bleed to death?" Ms Evans said.
"No," Mr Williams replied."No," Mr Williams replied.
Ms Evans added: "You were more worried about her, that you waited half an hour to call the police - that's your evidence, is it?"Ms Evans added: "You were more worried about her, that you waited half an hour to call the police - that's your evidence, is it?"
"Yes," he said."Yes," he said.
Previously, the court was told that while being treated in hospital Ms Hall told her sister Georgia Marwick that Mr Williams stabbed her after an argument. Earlier in the trial, the court was told that while being treated in hospital Ms Hall told her sister Georgia Marwick that Mr Williams stabbed her after an argument.
Ms Marwick said Mr Williams smoked cigarettes after the attack and told Ms Hall, "will you just die?" Ms Marwick said Mr Williams smoked cigarettes afterwards and told Ms Hall, "will you just die?"
The trial continues.The trial continues.