Woman goes on trial accused of murdering her partner

A pistillate has appeared for proceedings astatine Coleraine Courthouse accused of murdering her partner.

James Crossley was stabbed 7 times successful the thorax connected the nighttime of 22 March 2022.

Julie Ann McIlwaine, 33, of Hazel Close successful Lagmore, westbound Belfast denies murdering her partner.

At a erstwhile tribunal proceeding she admitted causing the fatal injuries but is denying murder.

The assemblage was told they would perceive however Ms McIlwaine would accidental that this was a “turbulent” narration that progressive home abuse.

The tribunal was played the signaling of the 999 telephone Julie Ann McIlwaine made aft stabbing her partner.

Julie Ann McIlwaine told the exigency telephone handler that she locked herself successful the downstairs bath with her babe and that she had stabbed her partner.

The tribunal heard however the signaling captured Ms McIlwaine saying “he’s dead, he’s dead” successful narration to her spouse James Crossley and saying that she’d “stabbed him astatine slightest six times” portion helium was sleeping.

During the signaling the tribunal heard the exigency aesculapian dispatcher archer Ms McIlwaine to spell to a neighbour with her babe to get help.

The portion continued arsenic the dispatcher guided the neighbour to cheque connected Mr Crossley and the accomplishment of the PSNI.

The telephone ended erstwhile the ambulance work arrived.

The assemblage was told they volition beryllium shown assemblage camera footage of the enactment the constabulary had with Ms McIlwaine connected the nighttime of the murder.

Mr Crossley was taken to the Royal Victoria Hospital but died a abbreviated clip later.

His origin of decease was fixed arsenic “seven stab wounds to the thorax and abdomen” and helium had further wounds to his arms and legs.

A constabulary adept told the tribunal that a weapon – believed to beryllium the execution limb - was recovered beside the bed.

The assemblage was besides shown photographic grounds of the transgression country showing humor stains.

The proceedings continues.