07-02-18, 01:26 PM
The Honourable judge sir James Barker opens the crown court hearing by reading out the indictments.
"Henry Adrian Jones, you are charged that on the twenty-sixth of December in the year two-thousand and seventeen you did beat your wife, Heather Anne Jones, to death with seven blows to the head from a ball-pane hammer."
From the public gallery, a short middle-aged Brummie wearing an anorak shouts at the defendant,
"You bastard!"
The judge pauses before proceeding.
"You are further charged that on the same day you did beat your mother-in-law, Barbra Jane Heston to death with the said hammer."
The Brummie again yells out,
"You bastard!"
After glaring at the public gallery the judge continues,
"You are also charged with causing grievous bodily harm in that on the following day you did attack police constable, David George Downs also with the said hammer."
Once more the Brummie yells out,
"You bastard!"
Sir James Barker raps his gravel on the bench and addresses the Brummie.
"I can empathise with your feeling of anger and disgust at these vicious killings and attacks, but I will have no more interruptions to the proceedings. I must caution you that any more outbursts and I will have the usher escort you from the court. Is that understood?"
"I'm sorry, your lordship, but I got so angry about what you have just read out. For fifteen years, I've lived next door to Henry, and every time I've asked him if I could borrow a hammer, he said he didn't have one."
"Henry Adrian Jones, you are charged that on the twenty-sixth of December in the year two-thousand and seventeen you did beat your wife, Heather Anne Jones, to death with seven blows to the head from a ball-pane hammer."
From the public gallery, a short middle-aged Brummie wearing an anorak shouts at the defendant,
"You bastard!"
The judge pauses before proceeding.
"You are further charged that on the same day you did beat your mother-in-law, Barbra Jane Heston to death with the said hammer."
The Brummie again yells out,
"You bastard!"
After glaring at the public gallery the judge continues,
"You are also charged with causing grievous bodily harm in that on the following day you did attack police constable, David George Downs also with the said hammer."
Once more the Brummie yells out,
"You bastard!"
Sir James Barker raps his gravel on the bench and addresses the Brummie.
"I can empathise with your feeling of anger and disgust at these vicious killings and attacks, but I will have no more interruptions to the proceedings. I must caution you that any more outbursts and I will have the usher escort you from the court. Is that understood?"
"I'm sorry, your lordship, but I got so angry about what you have just read out. For fifteen years, I've lived next door to Henry, and every time I've asked him if I could borrow a hammer, he said he didn't have one."