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The Independent
3 days ago
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- The Independent
Murder accused ‘dumped victim's phone to put police off trail', court told
A fugitive who is accused of murdering a grandmother while she was out walking her dog took her phone to a town centre three days later and dumped it there to 'put the police off the trail', a court heard. Prosecutor Christopher Paxton KC told jurors at Ipswich Crown Court that Roy Barclay, 56, had been 'unlawfully at large' for two years at the time he was said to have killed Anita Rose. The mother-of-six, aged 57, was found injured by a cyclist near a sewage works in Brantham, Suffolk on July 24 last year. She died four days later in hospital of traumatic head injuries. Barclay, of no fixed address, denies her murder. Mr Paxton, continuing to open the prosecution case on Friday, said Barclay had looked at news articles about the incident in the days after the attack. He said that in one article viewed by Barclay, senior police officer Mike Brown appealed for information about Ms Rose's iPhone which Mr Brown said could hold 'key information'. The prosecutor said that 'was a signal to cunning Roy Barclay that he needed to get rid of that phone'. 'Mike Brown was right and that explains what was to follow the very next day in Ipswich town centre on July 27,' Mr Paxton said. 'Roy Barclay dumps Anita's iPhone after Mr Brown has told the public in an article Mr Barclay has viewed about the significance of that phone.' He said that the 'dropping of Anita's phone in Ipswich' was 'to put the police off the trail'. The barrister said that Barclay was captured on CCTV footage in Upper Orwell Street in Ipswich on July 27 with a 'carrier bag in his left hand' which prosecutors say contained Ms Rose's phone. He said that Barclay entered a seating area with the bag and is later seen to emerge from the seating area without the bag. He said a couple – Mr Ichim and Ms Baiculescu – were captured on CCTV minutes later entering then emerging from the seating area and 'there's an exchange of an item' between them, which Mr Paxton said was Ms Rose's phone. 'Within a minute or so when that phone is switched on, that's Anita's phone, it alerts the police,' Mr Paxton said. He said that 'numerous police officers flooded the area and found the unsuspecting Mr Ichim and Ms Baiculescu' in a mobile phone and vape shop. The barrister said 'they had paid for a factory reset of the phone' but police arrived before this was done. He said Mr Ichim was arrested and later released, adding: 'Many people at times were treated as suspects but were later released without charge.' He said 'nobody other than Anita knew the password' to the phone, and police have not been able to get into it. The barrister said Barclay 'played at times a cat and mouse game with police, watching their moves'. He added that after he was arrested, Barclay denied any wrongdoing in a prepared statement and said: 'I would sometimes sit on the benches on Upper Orwell Street. There is often litter on the seats and in that area.' Mr Paxton said: 'He knew this was a popular area, that's why he chose it, a busy seating area where he would be able to drop something.' The prosecutor said Barclay showed an 'arrogance in keeping the items he did as trophies, believing perhaps that he could get away with murder'. He had earlier told the trial that Ms Rose's pink jacket, phone case and Samsung earbuds were found at camps Barclay had used. Mr Paxton said Barclay had also searched online for four prisons 'no doubt wondering if caught which prison he would end up in', and that this was done on July 25, the day after Ms Rose was attacked. He said it took a 'piece of luck for police to have contact with' Barclay, when Detective Constable Barry Simpson 'saw a male walking quickly along the road' on October 15. The officer, who was in an unmarked car and working on the murder investigation, 'thought the male looked similar to an image he had seen in the murder inquiry' and stopped to speak with him. Mr Paxton said the man was Barclay, but that he 'lied' to Det Con Simpson and gave his name as John Lesley, providing a false home address and saying he worked as a gardener. The prosecutor said the officer took photos of Barclay 'surreptitiously' and he was allowed on his way, but a 'manhunt' started the following day when officers determined that the man was not John Lesley. Barclay was tracked down by police and arrested at Ipswich Library on October 21, said Mr Paxton, adding that Barclay had 'changed his appearance' – with a shaved head and the 'beard's gone'. The barrister earlier told jurors that Barclay had 'lived off-grid' and slept in 'various makeshift camps'. 'He had been on the run trying to avoid the police and authorities to try and avoid being recalled back to prison,' Mr Paxton said. He said Ms Rose was subjected to 'numerous kicks, stamps and blows being delivered to her face, head and body' in a 'vicious and brutal attack'.
Telegraph
3 days ago
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- Telegraph
Murder suspect ‘dumped dog-walker's phone to put police off trail'
A fugitive accused of murdering a grandmother while she was walking her dog took her phone to a town centre three days later and dumped it there to 'put the police off the trail', a court heard. Prosecutor Christopher Paxton KC told jurors at Ipswich Crown Court that Roy Barclay, 56, had been 'unlawfully at large' for two years at the time he was said to have killed Anita Rose. The mother-of-six, who was 57, was found injured by a cyclist near a sewage works in Brantham, Suffolk on July 24 last year. She died four days later in hospital of traumatic head injuries. Barclay, of no fixed address, denies her murder. Mr Paxton, continuing to open the prosecution case on Friday, said Mr Barclay had looked at news articles about the incident in the days after the attack. He said that in one article viewed by Mr Barclay, senior police officer Mike Brown appealed for information about Ms Rose's iPhone, which the officer said could hold 'key information'. The prosecutor said that 'was a signal to cunning Roy Barclay that he needed to get rid of that phone'. 'Mike Brown was right and that explains what was to follow the very next day in Ipswich town centre on July 27,' said Mr Paxton. 'Roy Barclay dumps Anita's iPhone after Mr Brown has told the public in an article Mr Barclay has viewed about the significance of that phone.' He said that the 'dropping of Anita's phone in Ipswich' was 'to put the police off the trail'. The barrister said that Mr Barclay was captured on CCTV footage in Upper Orwell Street on July 27 with a 'carrier bag in his left hand', which prosecutors say contained Ms Rose's phone. He said Mr Barclay entered a seating area with the bag and was later seen to emerge from the seating area without it. He said a couple, Mr Ichim and Ms Baiculescu, were captured on CCTV minutes later entering then emerging from the seating area, and 'there's an exchange of an item' between them, which Mr Paxton said was Ms Rose's phone. 'Within a minute or so when that phone is switched on, that's Anita's phone, it alerts the police,' Mr Paxton said. He said that 'numerous police officers flooded the area and found the unsuspecting Mr Ichim and Ms Baiculescu' in a mobile phone and vape shop. The barrister said 'they had paid for a factory reset of the phone' but police arrived before this was done. He said Mr Ichim was arrested and later released, adding: 'Many people at times were treated as suspects but were later released without charge.' He said 'nobody other than Anita knew the password' to the phone, and police had not been able to get into it. Mr Paxton said Barclay showed an 'arrogance in keeping the items he did as trophies, believing perhaps that he could get away with murder'. The barrister had earlier told the trial that Ms Rose's pink jacket, phone case and Samsung earbuds were found at camps Barclay had used. Mr Paxton said Barclay had also searched online for four prisons 'no doubt wondering if caught which prison he would end up in', and that this was done on July 25, the day after Ms Rose was attacked. The barrister earlier told jurors that Barclay had 'lived off-grid' and slept in 'various makeshift camps'. 'He had been on the run trying to avoid the police and authorities to try and avoid being recalled back to prison,' Mr Paxton said. He said it took a 'piece of luck for police to have contact with' Mr Barclay, when Detective Constable Barry Simpson 'saw a male walking quickly along the road' on Oct 15. The officer, who was in an unmarked car and working on the murder investigation, 'thought the male looked similar to an image he had seen in the murder inquiry', and stopped to speak with him. Mr Paxton said the man was Mr Barclay, but that he 'lied' to Det Con Simpson, and gave his name as John Lesley, providing a false home address and saying he worked as a gardener. The prosecutor said the officer took photos of Mr Barclay 'surreptitiously', and he was allowed on his way, but a 'manhunt' started the following day when officers determined that the man was not John Lesley. He said Ms Rose was subjected to 'numerous kicks, stamps and blows being delivered to her face, head and body' in a 'vicious and brutal attack'.
BBC News
3 days ago
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- BBC News
Murder accused 'dumped Anita Rose's phone in Ipswich to put police off'
A man accused of murdering a dog walker dumped her phone to "put the police off his trail", a court Christopher Paxton KC told jurors at Ipswich Crown Court that news coverage about the killing of grandmother Anita Rose sent a signal to Roy Barclay that he needed to get rid of her mother-of-six, aged 57, was found injured near a sewage works in Brantham, Suffolk, on July 24 last year. She died four days later in hospital from traumatic head Barclay, 56, of no fixed address, denies her murder. Last summer, the attack attracted a lot of media attention, with Suffolk Police calling on the public to help them locate some of her belongings, which had been taken. On Friday, the prosecution said Mr Barclay's internet history showed he had an extraordinary level of interest in news stories about the Paxton told the jury this was because "his very future and freedom depended on what happened next - Because he was Anita's attacker".The prosecution said the publicity "was a signal" to Mr Barclay that he needed to get rid of her jury was then played CCTV footage, which the prosecution said showed the defendant walking to a seating area off Upper Orwell Street in Ipswich and leaving a carrier bag containing Ms Rose's court was told a couple then picked up the phone minutes later and turned it on, which in turn alerted Suffolk prosecution said Mr Barclay had also looked up local prisons online, which was a sign of him wondering which prison he would end up in if trial continues. Follow Suffolk news on BBC Sounds, Facebook, Instagram and X.
Daily Mail
3 days ago
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- Daily Mail
Fugitive accused of murdering dog walker 'planted her phone miles away to fool detectives' who arrested wrong man, court told
A 'cunning' fugitive convict battered a dog walker to death before tricking police into arresting an innocent man by leaving his victim's phone in a public place, a court heard today. Roy Barclay, 56, allegedly took the phone off mother-of-six Anita Rose, 57, along with her distinctive pink jacket, after he attacked her and left her for dead as she walked her dog early one morning. He later read a media report on his own phone saying how Ms Rose's missing mobile and jacket were 'key' to the police investigation, jurors heard. Prosecutor Chris Paxton KC told the jury how the report was 'a signal to Roy Barclay that he had to get rid of the phone'. The defendant, who had been living 'off-grid' for two years to avoid recall to prison for a previous offence, decided to dump it to 'set a false trail for the police, throwing them off his scent'. Barclay was filmed by a CCTV camera three days after the attack on Ms Rose as he walked towards 'a small seating area' in Ipswich town centre with a rucksack on his back and a carrier bag in his left hand, said Mr Paxton. He was seen crossing the road towards the seating area in Upper Orwell Street and then walking back 'after a short while' with images showing he no longer had the bag, Ipswich Crown Court hard. Several minutes later, a couple named in court as Mr Ichim and Miss Baiculescu entered the same seating area, while CCTV showed Barclay seeming to 'hang around walking up and down'. Mr Paxton told the jury: 'He was looking into the seating area. We say he is checking if someone has picked up Anita's phone and making sure his phone drop has been successful.' Mr Ichim and Miss Baiculescu were seen on CCTV emerging from the area a few minutes later and appeared to pass the phone 'from one to the other' as they walked away and turned it on. Mr Paxton said: 'The police were alerted to Anita's phone being switched on for the first time since the morning of the attack and, as soon as it was, numerous police officers flooded the area.' The 'unsuspecting' couple were found in the nearby iMobile phone and vape shop where they had paid for it to be factory reset as they were 'looking to sell it', he added. Mr Ichim was arrested on suspicion of the attempted murder of Ms Rose - who died in hospital the following day - and treated as a suspect before being released without charge. Mr Paxton described the dumping of the phone as an example of 'Barclay's cunning and his attempts to distort and throw the police off his track.' He told the jury: 'In some ways, it was clever as he must be to have evaded recall to prison for over two years.' Ms Rose died from her traumatic head injuries in Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, on July 28, four days after the attack. Barclay who has a white beard, thinning hair and glasses was wearing a grey tracksuit as he sat impassively in the glass-fronted dock flanked by three security guards. He denies the murder of Ms Rose. Jurors heard how he had been living rough in the countryside while he was 'unlawfully at large' and trying to evade police and authorities because he was wanted for recall to prison. The court was told how Ms Rose had left her home in Brantham shortly after 5am to walk her Springer Spaniel called Bruce as she usually did on a network of nearby footpaths. She was subjected to a 'vicious and brutal attack' with 'numerous, kicks, stamps and blows' to her face, head and body as she walked beside a sewage works in the village. Mr Paxton suggested that Barclay, who had a makeshift camp nearby, was drawn to the sewage works to use a toilet and wash basin on the site and might have been seen entering or leaving by Ms Rose. The fatal assault could have been because he feared she might report him or as a reaction to something she might have said, he added. Ms Rose was found unconscious with her dog's lead wrapped tightly around her leg at around 6.25am by Jerome Tassel who had been cycling to Manningtree railway station. Mr Paxton suggested that Barclay was a dog lover who often carried around dog biscuits and might have tied the lead around her to avoid her pet running away. The court has heard that Ms Rose's pink jacket was eventually found in Barclay's nearby camp with his semen around the neckline, suggesting he had kept it as a 'trophy' Mr Paxton said that a pair of walking boots 'which amounted to a murder weapon' were also found at the camp. A forensic scientist found 'support for the conclusion' that the marks on Ms Rose's face were made by the boots which Barclay had earlier bought from Amazon and had delivered to a locker near a Premier Inn in Ipswich, he added. Her Samsung earbuds, carrying DNA from her and Barclay, were found in box with his possessions in a second hideaway the defendant allegedly used near the Orwell Bridge in Ipswich. Jurors have heard that a CCTV camera on a house filmed Barclay near the scene on July 21 and at 5.33am on the morning of July 24, less than an hour before Ms Rose was found seriously injured. He has denied being the man on the CCTV but a facial recognition expert had concluded that it was him, Mr Paxton said. A blue sweatshirt matching the one worn by the man in the images was also found at Barclay's camp. The prosecution has also claimed internet searches by Barclay showed his interest in the sewage works at Brantham. He also made a search three days after the attack on Ms Rose, asking 'How long does DNA last at a crime scene?'. The following day he asked in a search: 'How are outside objects swabbed for DNA?', and 'Can barbed wire be swabbed for DNA?'. Mr Paxton said the searches were 'important 'as Ms Rose was found just feet away from the barbed wire fence at the sewage works which had been cut. Barclay also made further internet searches about the attack in the months after her death so he could 'follow the twists and turns of the police investigation on media websites', he said. The court heard today that he had made more searches to find out how long DNA remained in samples of faeces, suggesting that he might have used the toilet in the sewage works and was worried about having left evidence there. Other searches done by him related to other local killers including the case of a dog walker murdered in Norfolk. The trial continues.
The Independent
4 days ago
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- The Independent
Man accused of woman's murder lived off-grid to avoid prison recall, court told
An on-the-run man who was living off-grid to avoid being recalled to prison killed a grandmother who was out walking her dog in a 'vicious and brutal attack', a court has heard. Anita Rose, 57, was subjected to 'numerous kicks, stamps and blows being delivered to her face, head and body', prosecutor Christopher Paxton KC told a trial at Ipswich Crown Court. Roy Barclay, 56, of no fixed address, denies her murder. Opening the case for the prosecution on Thursday, Mr Paxton said mother-of-six Ms Rose left her home in Brantham, Suffolk, to walk her dog Bruce on July 24 last year. She was found by passers-by but died four days later at Addenbrooke's Hospital in Cambridge on July 28. Mr Paxton said: 'After she left home and before 6.25 that morning, Anita Rose was subject to a vicious and brutal attack with numerous kicks, stamps and blows being delivered to her face, head and body. 'Found by passers-by, help was called for but on July 28 Anita Rose died in Addenbrooke's Hospital from the injuries she received.' He said 'no eyewitnesses saw the incident'. He added: 'You will hear that Roy Barclay had no fixed address and lived mostly in the countryside, wandering the fields and lanes, sleeping in various makeshift camps. 'He lived off-grid because for two years, Roy Barclay had been unlawfully at large. 'He had been on the run trying to avoid the police and authorities to try and avoid being recalled back to prison.' The prosecutor said a pink jacket worn by Ms Rose on the day she was attacked was found at one of Barclay's makeshift camps. He said Barclay kept the jacket 'as a trophy' and it had Barclay's 'semen on the neckline'. Mr Paxton said Barclay's walking boots, which 'amounted to the murder weapon', were found at the same camp. There is 'support for the conclusion that the marks on Anita's face were made by these boots', the barrister said. He said Ms Rose's phone case was also found there, and her Samsung earbuds were located at a different makeshift camp Barclay had used. The barrister said Barclay 'carries dog biscuits with him and is a dog lover'. He said Barclay tied the dog lead around Ms Rose's leg 'we say to stop Bruce (the dog) running off'. ' Paramedics found Bruce the dog's lead wrapped tightly round Anita's leg,' he said. He said Barclay made various internet searches after the attack, including 'how are outside objects swabbed for DNA' and 'can barbed wire be swabbed for DNA'. Mr Paxton said Ms Rose's body was found 'by the barbed wire fence by the Brantham sewage works' by a cyclist, Jerome Tassel. He said Mr Tassel, who called emergency services at 6.26am, had been cycling to Manningtree train station. The prosecutor described Barclay as 'cunning and resourceful'. He said the sewage works had washing facilities and a toilet for those who work there and that was why the location was of 'particular significance' to Barclay who was living off-grid. Mr Paxton said Ms Rose's 'long-term partner' Richard Jones was a lorry driver who worked away during the week. He said Ms Rose and Mr Jones 'would speak frequently', and the last time that Mr Jones spoke to her was in a three minute 42 second phone call made to her at 5.24am on July 24 when all was well. Mr Paxton said the 'force used and generated' in the attack resulted in the type of brain injuries 'often seen in high-speed car accidents', and Ms Rose died of traumatic head injuries. The defendant, who wore glasses, a grey prison-issue tracksuit and has a grey beard and long, thinning grey hair, listened to proceedings from the secure dock of the court. Relatives of Ms Rose listened from the public gallery. The trial, which is due to last eight weeks, continues.
