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The Independent
2 days ago
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- The Independent
Injured dog walker's face was ‘black and blue', jogger tells murder trial
A jogger told a murder trial that the face of a dog walker found injured in Suffolk looked 'black and blue' and she was wearing a bra with no long-sleeved top despite a 'chill in the air'. Mother-of-six Anita Rose, 57, was found injured by a cyclist in Brantham on July 24 last year and died four days later of traumatic head injuries. Prosecutors allege that 56-year-old Roy Barclay, who had been 'on the run trying to avoid the police… and avoid being recalled back to prison', killed Ms Rose. Martyn Nash, who had been out running on the day of the incident, said in a statement read by prosecutor Matthew Sorel-Cameron that he saw a woman lying on the floor. He said that a man and a woman were there too, with the court previously told that cyclist Jerome Tassel found Ms Rose and dog walker Rachel Ireland was second on the scene. Mr Nash said the man – Mr Tassel – was 'on the phone to the ambulance'. He said of the woman lying on the floor, Ms Rose: 'I do not know if her arm was broken. She was moving her arm slightly.' He continued: 'Her face was covered with blood and looked black and blue. She was breathing and making a croaking sound.' He said he did not know her but 'I now know her name was Anita'. 'She was wearing a black bra but it didn't look like a sports bra,' said Mr Nash. 'She had no long-sleeved top on. 'At that time in the morning I thought it was unusual as there was a slight chill in the air.' He said he told the man and woman who he did not know – Mr Tassel and Ms Ireland – that he would 'run back up to the top to flag down the ambulance'. He said the woman said she would take Ms Rose's dog to the vets. Jason Locke, who was also out running, said in a statement read by the prosecutor that the 'injured woman was lying with her head to the sewage works fence'. 'My initial thought was she had been in some kind of exercise accident,' he said. 'I thought perhaps she and the cyclist had collided.' He said her left arm was 'in a bit of an odd position'. 'There was a brown spaniel sat by her feet which appeared calm,' he said. Clare Fountain, a receptionist at the vets where Ms Ireland took Ms Rose's dog Bruce, said in a statement that she was told the dog had been with an injured woman. She said Ms Ireland told her the 'lead was wrapped round the lady's legs and paramedics had to cut it'. Barclay denies Ms Rose's murder.
BBC News
3 days ago
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- BBC News
Brantham dog walker was attacked, woman tells murder trial
A woman who is believed to have been murdered while walking her dog was found unresponsive by passers-by, a court has Rose, 57, was found seriously injured in her home village of Brantham, Suffolk, on the morning of 24 Island, who was also walking her dog, said she thought Ms Rose had been attacked as she was found only wearing a bra on her top Barclay, 56, of no fixed address, is on trial at Ipswich Crown Court and denies murder. Giving evidence, Ms Island said she was the second person to arrive at the said she did not know Ms Rose but had seen her on dog walks Island said she believed an "attack had happened" as Ms Rose would not normally be out only wearing a bra and it was a cool said Ms Rose had "laboured breathing" and patches of blood on her face. Jerome Tassel, also giving evidence, told jurors he was on his regular cycle from his home in Hadleigh to Manningtree railway station when he found Ms Rose alone "flat on her back" across a gravel path with blood on the left side of her was breathing and making "snoring" like sounds but was otherwise unresponsive, he said her dog Bruce was lying "patiently" next to her and the lead was wrapped twice around her leg Tracy Lea, who said she had been friends with Ms Rose for more than two years, told jurors the pair regularly walked their dogs Rose liked to go out early as her dog could misbehave and she did not like him to "interfere" with others, Ms Lea said that she would never go out without her allege Mr Barclay had taken the device and dumped it to "put the police off the trail" Prosecutors claim that Mr Barclay had been "on the run" trying to avoid being "recalled back to prison", when he killed Ms Barclay sat in the court dock, appearing with a shaved head, grey beard and wearing glasses with a grey tracksuit. The trial continues. Follow Suffolk news on BBC Sounds, Facebook, Instagram and X.
The Independent
4 days ago
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- The Independent
Partner of dog walker tells murder trial of their last phone call
The long-term partner of a woman who was attacked while walking her dog and died in hospital four days later told a court that the last thing she said to him was 'drive safe, I love you'. Lorry driver Richard Jones said he would keep in touch with his partner Anita Rose while he was working away, and that they spoke on the morning of July 24 last year – the day she was found injured. Prosecutors allege that 56-year-old Roy Barclay, who had been 'on the run trying to avoid the police… and avoid being recalled back to prison', killed Ms Rose. Barclay, of no fixed address, denies her murder and is on trial at Ipswich Crown Court. Mother-of-six Ms Rose, 57, was found injured by a cyclist in Brantham, Suffolk, on July 24 last year and died four days later of traumatic head injuries. Mr Jones said he and Ms Rose shared an English springer dog called Bruce, but she would tell him it was his dog when she walked it. Prosecutor Christopher Paxton said that in a call at 5.24am on July 24, Ms Rose told Mr Jones: 'I'm walking your bloody dog already.' Mr Jones said he had been working away at Goole in the East Riding of Yorkshire when he called her that morning. Mr Paxton said: 'We know the call lasted just over three minutes. 'What can you remember talking about?' Mr Jones said: 'She asked if I was up ready for work, I said I was but I was running late. 'I said I will phone you when I get there. 'She said 'drive safe, I love you'. 'That's the last conversation I had with her.' Mr Paxton asked how Ms Rose had sounded, and Mr Jones replied: 'Fine.' The court heard Mr Jones made a WhatsApp video call to Ms Rose at 6.15am as he was off-loading his lorry at a Tesco site. Mr Jones said: 'It got answered but there was a black screen.' He said there was 'no sound', and asked by Mr Paxton if he could hear anything he said: 'No, nothing.' Mr Paxton said: 'We know the video call was open for a minute – did you say anything?' Mr Jones replied: 'All I said was 'Anita, Anita'.' He said he did not hear anything back. Judge Martyn Levett asked Mr Jones: 'Had that ever happened to you before on a call like that?' He replied: 'No, never.' Mr Jones said he ended the call, and that a number of further calls that he made to Ms Rose went unanswered. 'I thought it was strange for her not to answer her phone,' he said. 'The night before she puts her phone on charge.' Mr Jones said he had known Ms Rose since he was a teenager, and he is now 'coming up to 60'. He said they had been in a relationship since 2011. Mr Jones described Ms Rose as 'very houseproud' and said she felt 'very safe' in Brantham. The trial continues.
BBC News
4 days ago
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- BBC News
Partner of Brantham dog walker Anita Rose tells of final phone call
The partner of a woman who was attacked while walking her dog and died four days later has told a court of their final phone Rose, 57, was found seriously injured in her home village of Brantham, Suffolk, on 24 partner Richard Jones told a court that Ms Rose felt "very safe" in the village and her last message to him was "drive safe, I love you".Roy Barclay, 56, of no fixed address, denies murder and is on trial at Ipswich Crown Court. Mr Jones said he had known Ms Rose since they were teenagers but they began dating in 2011 after they met by chance at a prosecution told the court the pair had moved to Brantham where they lived with her son, Jones told jurors Ms Rose would get up early to walk their dog as "she liked to be out before others because she liked to watch the sun come up" and said she felt "very safe" in the court was told that on 24 July, Mr Jones had called Ms Rose at 05:24 as he was away working in East Yorkshire and that the call had lasted three Jones, who is a lorry driver, said the last conversation he ever had with Ms Rose ended with her saying: "Ok babe, drive safe, I love you." The jury heard that at 06:15, Mr Jones video-called his partner but this time the screen was black and there was no sound, even though the call was said this was "very odd" so he tried to call Ms Rose a number of times 06:25, she was found with serious head injuries by a cyclist near the Brantham sewage allege that Barclay, who had been "on the run trying to avoid the police... and avoid being recalled back to prison", killed Ms cross-examination, Mr Jones was asked why, if he was very worried about his partner, he had posted an image of Kermit the Frog making a joke about sausages on Facebook at 07: Jones told the court that he thought it was funny and that he did not know what had happened to Ms Rose at that trial continues. Follow Suffolk news on BBC Sounds, Facebook, Instagram and X.
The Independent
29-05-2025
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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.
