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The husband of a woman who was killed in a Glasgow park has told a court how he thought she was still breathing when he found her fatally injured.The husband of a woman who was killed in a Glasgow park has told a court how he thought she was still breathing when he found her fatally injured.
John Campbell, 56, told the High Court in Glasgow how he discovered his 53-year-old wife Jean in Cranhill Park on 14 December 2013.John Campbell, 56, told the High Court in Glasgow how he discovered his 53-year-old wife Jean in Cranhill Park on 14 December 2013.
The widower was giving evidence at an examination of facts hearing held in the absence of 21-year-old Paul Ward.The widower was giving evidence at an examination of facts hearing held in the absence of 21-year-old Paul Ward.
He has been deemed unfit to stand trial for the murder of Mrs Campbell.He has been deemed unfit to stand trial for the murder of Mrs Campbell.
In his evidence, Mr Campbell said his wife had not been in their flat when he returned home from his nightshift on 14 December 2013. In his evidence, Mr Campbell told advocate depute Alex Prentice QC, prosecuting, that he came home from a 12-hour night shift around 07:40 on 14 December 2013 and found their flat in Bellrock Street, Cranhill, empty, but all the lights on.
He told the court he left the flat and went to nearby Cranhill Park. 'I panicked'
Mr Campbell said he heard a dog barking at the first gate into the park and surmised it was their dog, Kai. The former production manager said the he went out looking for his wife and their six-month-old German Shepherd Kia.
He said he went to the disused play area where they would normally take Kai to run around and found him barking there. He told the court he heard barking as he walked towards the park where his wife walked the dog.
At first he said he did not see his wife and thought she was playing a trick on him hiding behind a wall. Mr Campbell said: "When I got to the children's park the gate was closed and the dog was at the gate and I couldn't see Jean and I thought she was playing tricks and would leap out from behind a building.
Mr Campbell said he then looked around and found her lying on the grass. He said he thought she was still breathing when he discovered her. "It was only when I began to scan the area I noticed Jean lying on the ground. I panicked and ran up.
Mr Ward, who is accused of murdering Mrs Campbell, was deemed mentally unfit to stand trial. "Jean was lying for the most part face down. I turned her over. There was some leaves or dirt on her face and I wiped that clear. Her body was still warm. Her legs were freezing."
He is currently detained at the State Hospital at Carstairs and is not present at the examination of facts hearing, which is not a trial. He said that she was wearing a black coat and pyjama top and was naked from the waist down.
The evidence is being heard by judge lord Matthews who will, at the end of the hearing, make a determination either to acquit Mr Ward or that he committed the acts. Mr Campbell told the court that her pyjama bottoms, socks and one flip flop were lying beside her.
He said that he gave his wife mouth-to-mouth resuscitation and believed she was breathing. He then phoned for the police and an ambulance.
At this point in his evidence Mr Campbell lost his composure as he told of how the police arrived and gave his wife mouth-to-mouth resuscitation and then the paramedics took over.
He told Mr Prentice: "Shortly after that they came over and told me that Jean was dead."
Angered quickly
The court heard that the Campbells got Kia in July 2013 and that Mrs Campbell, who walked him when her husband was working nightshifts, found him a bit of a handful.
The court heard that years before Mrs Campbell had suffered a burst blood vessel in her brain.
As a result of this she could feel no pain down the right hand side of her body.
Mr Campbell added: "After that her temperament changed. Before she was quiet, afterwards she didn't suffer fools easily. She got angry quite quickly."
Yvonne Leyden, 54, a neighbour of Mrs Campbell, told the court that she heard a scream and then a dog barking at about 23:00 on the night before Mr Campbell found his wife.
Ms Leyden said: "It was a kind of angry scream as if they were angry with someone and then I heard a dog barking."
She was asked by Mr Prentice if this was unusual in Cranhill on a Friday night and replied: 'I thought it was a bit unusual, but I still thought nothing about it."
Ms Leyden said that minutes after she heard the sounds, Mr Ward, who was a friend of her son Thomas Leyden, 23, rang her doorbell.
She said: "He had a DVD in his left hand and he was out of breath."
The court heard that the next morning she heard that Mrs Campbell had been attacked and was dead.
Mr Ward is accused of murdering Mrs Campbell by repeatedly striking her on the head and body with a dog lead.
He has been deemed unfit to stand trial on mental health grounds and is detained at the State Hospital at Carstairs.
The hearing is taking place with no jury and Mr Ward is not present.
The evidence is being heard by judge lord Matthews who will, at the end of the hearing, make a determination either to acquit Mr Ward or find that he committed the acts.
The judge cannot convict as that can only happen at a criminal trial where the accused is deemed fit to be tried.The judge cannot convict as that can only happen at a criminal trial where the accused is deemed fit to be tried.
The hearing continues.