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John Campbell found wife Jean 'still breathing' in park | John Campbell found wife Jean 'still breathing' in park |
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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 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. | |
'I panicked' | |
The former production manager said the he went out looking for his wife and their six-month-old German Shepherd Kia. | |
He told the court he heard barking as he walked towards the park where his wife walked the dog. | |
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. | |
"It was only when I began to scan the area I noticed Jean lying on the ground. I panicked and ran up. | |
"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 said that she was wearing a black coat and pyjama top and was naked from the waist down. | |
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. |