GUILTY UK - Bradley Lewis, 22, killed @ home, Abigail White, 23, arrested, Bristol, 26 Mar 2022

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EMOTIONAL tributes have been paid to a "beautiful" young dad found dead at home - as cops are given more time to quiz a 23-year-old woman on suspicion of murder.

The casualty, a 22-year-old man who was today named locally as Brad Lewis, was found fatally injured at a home in Kingswood, South Gloucestershire on Friday evening.
 
A 23-year-old woman has been charged with murder after a man died in hospital following an incident at a house in Kingswood, South Gloucestershire, on Friday night.
Abigail White, of Chipperfield Drive, Kingswood, has been remanded in custody to appear before Bristol Magistrates’ Court today (March 28).
She has been charged with the murder of 22-year-old Bradley Lewis. His family have been updated on this development in our investigation.

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charge of murder on March 26 was put to her. She did not enter any plea. May Li, prosecuting via video link, told magistrates the case can only be dealt with at the crown court.


She said any application for bail would also have to be made at the crown court and Mark O'Donnell, defending, concurred.

The presiding magistrate told White: "This is an indictable only offence. It must go to the crown court". White was remanded in custody pending a possible bail application at Bristol Crown Court on Wednesday (March 30) and a plea and trial preparation hearing at that venue on April 25.

Woman appears in court charged with murder
 
New picture released of 'doting dad-of-four' Bradley Lewis

A new photo has been released by the family of Bradley Lewis, a "doting dad" to four young children who tragically died on March 25. The 22-year-old was rushed to the hospital after suffering a single stab wound to his chest but later died six hours later.

Abigail White, 23, has been charged with the murder of her boyfriend at their home on Chipperfield Drive in Kingswood on Friday.
 
Abigail White, 24, of Chipperfield Drive in Bristol, pleaded guilty to the manslaughter of Bradley Lewis, 22, but pleaded not guilty to his murder.
Mr Lewis, died in hospital on 26 March after suffering a single stab wound at a house in Kingswood. His family said he was "wonderful" and "much loved".
After appearing at Bristol Crown Court on 7 July, Ms White was told her case will go to trial on 10 October.

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Bradley Lewis: Woman denies murder but admits manslaughter

Abigail White admits manslaughter but denies murdering Bradley Lewis, 22.
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Mr Lewis caught up with her in the hallway, she said, and grabbed her hand holding the knife, pulling it into his chest.

Also,

It was not the first time that White had stabbed Mr Lewis, the court heard. A week or so earlier she had stabbed his arm, causing him a wound which needed medical treatment. That earlier stabbing was something which she had mentioned in voice notes which she had recorded, the court heard.
 
After reading today's updates and watching her tiktoks I have absolutely no sympathy for this girl. Egotistical, controlling, blame blame blame. Fake barbie my bum, fake personality me thinks.

I hope what she's done eats her up every second of the day, she'll never have her kids or her controlled wee man back.

I hope it was worth it...
 
How did you see her tik toks?

For SS to insist on them being apart for the children's sakes there must be a heck of a history.

She does appear deeply unpleasant.
 
Today’s live updates (read from bottom upwards)

16:08SOPHIE GRUBB

Case will resume tomorrow​

The court proceedings have finished for the day - we will be back tomorrow when evidence resumes.



16:07SOPHIE GRUBB

Threatened to throw brick at mum​

On March 23 the pair continued messaging each other. White tells him there is "no us anymore". Bradley suggests they meet. White tells Bradley she loves him and Bradley tells her he loves her more. On March 24 Bradley messages that he is being suffocated by her. White asks for a phone charger and Bradley says he will get a charger but is busy. Later White accuses Bradley of not loving her, cheating on her and not making her happy. Bradley says White has cheated on her. White threatens to "*advertiser censored* him up". Bradley refuses to go to White's home, and White tells him she is wasting her time.
Bradley tells White she is "absolutely vile" to him. Later White invites him to stay overnight but he doesn't want to. On March 25 White asked Bradley to take her to town, then says she is "done with him". She tells him to get out of her life and has been mugging her off and ignoring her. She says she is breaking up with him because they are both unhappy. Later White accuses Bradley of being a cheat and swears that she will throw a brick at his mum's head. At 3.10pm White suggests they go to the pub with friends. Bradley says he just wants food at the pub but hasn't got money. White later asks Bradley "what the *advertiser censored* are you doing?" when he is delayed getting to the pub.



15:37SOPHIE GRUBB

'I'm done'​

The jury is now hearing of more telephone messages between Bradley and White. On March 21 Bradley and White discuss money matters, with White asking for funds. Bradley says he's hurt about her cheating.
He says he is in agony as he has been stabbed and denies beating White, saying he is empty, didn't know what to do anymore and is petrified of White. Later Whites says her heart is broken and tells Bradley he is killing her, and to stop ignoring her. Bradley tells her he is fed up and he has done nothing wrong.
On March 22 White says she wants to talk and doesn't want to argue. They arrange to meet in a park, and say they love each other. In later messages White says Bradley is not giving her what she needs and wants - validation - telling him she is hurt because she can't trust him anymore. She adds "I'm done."



15:03SOPHIE GRUBB

Repeated threats to stab​

Georgina Jones, a criminal intelligence analyst, told the jury that on February 7 a message from a phone in White's possession to Bradley read: "I swear to God, I'll stab you." Also on February 7 a message from a phone in White's possession to Bradley read: "I'm going to kill myself," which was repeated on February 20.
In a message from a phone linked to White on March 21 to Bradley said: "I'm killing myself" and then "You're killing me." Earlier messages from White to Bradley threatened to stab Bradley and another woman, as well as a threat that White would stab herself. Another message from White to Bradley read: "I'm going to stab you in the *advertiser censored**ing neck."
Messages from Bradley to White said the thought of losing her was breaking his heart, his suggestion they should part due to her disloyalty and a message saying the woman he loved has "killed his heart". A series of messages from White to Bradley said: "I'm gonna kill myself on your mum's doorstep", "I'm gonna kill you" and "I'm killing myself". White also threatens to kill Bradley's mum and threatens to kill Bradley and another woman, the court heard.



14:53SOPHIE GRUBB

Jurors shown knife​

The jury is looking at three photos of the knife allegedly used in Bradley's killing. They, and the judge, are now taking a closer look at the knife, which is in a white, shoebox-sized box with a transparent top.



13:01KATE WILSON

Lunch break called​

The judge has called for lunch.



13:01KATE WILSON

CCTV footage timeline now being shown in court​

The jury is now being taken through a CCTV stills timeline including cameras surrounding the Horseshoe pub in Siston Common and the scene of the alleged murder in Chipperfield Drive, Kingswood.
At shortly after 5pm White and her friends Ryan Dawes and Louse Silk are captured arriving at the Horseshoe and going to the beer garden. At 5.26pm White can be seen with a group of people, before she returns to Mr Dawes and Miss Silk.
White is then seen on her mobile phone. At 6.36pm White is talking to a man in the beer garden. At 6.48pm Bradley appears at the pub beer garden. Moments later Mr Dawes and Miss Silk are captured trying to separate Bradley and White.
At 6.58pm White can be seen in the beer garden, and between 7.19pm and 7.26pm she goes to the ladies' toilet. At 7.05pm Bradley goes into the bar. At 7.17pm Bradley and Mr Dawes can be seen going into the gents' toilet.
At 7.26pm White is in the beer garden, and at 7.36pm she walks to Mr Dawes and Miss Silk. White is then seen to interact with a man in the beer garden and at 7.37pm. White strikes the man and he strikes her to the ground.
Bradley is seen to approach the man, and the man is pulled away from the scene as White is restrained. At 7.39pm Mr Dawes can be seen standing between White and Bradley.
White is then seen making a telephone call to police before she is seen with Bradley and a woman.



12:37KATE WILSON

Prosecutor asks for a break​

The prosecutor has asked for a short break and the judge has allowed one.



12:37KATE WILSON

White heard asking: "how did this happen"​

Mr Cundy told police he returned home at 8.22pm on March 25 and heard screaming from next door. He said he went outside and was told his wife was next door, waiting for an ambulance.
He heard: "He's stopped breathing, he's stopped breathing!" He entered next door, saw blood in the living room with a trail of blood leading to the kitchen.
He saw an "ashen" Bradley on the kitchen floor, his wife on the phone and White knelt down. He described how he took the phone from his wife and, with that, paramedics arrived and he pushed White away to let them do their job.
White was screaming: "Is he going to be OK, is he going to be OK, my kids need him, we need him, why has this happened!" She said nothing to suggest how it happened, the court heard.
Mr Cundy said to the left of the kitchen sink it looked like vegetables were being chopped. He recounted how, after releasing his grip on White, White put some slippers on before going with Bradley to hospital.
Mr Cundy's evidence is concluded.



11:49KATE WILSON

We are back in court​

We are back and the jury is now being played a second interview police had with Mrs Cundy. She said she recalled White wearing mismatching shoes before she followed Bradley to hospital.
She clarified that she (Mrs Cundy) used a T-shirt to press onto the wound until paramedics arrived in about 10 to 15 minutes. She remained at the scene for two or three minutes after paramedics arrived, she said.
She recalled seeing a mop head sat in a sink of dirty water in the kitchen. The interview is now concluded and we are moving to an interview police had with Mrs Cundy's husband Stewart.



11:07KATE WILSON

Judge calls for break​

The judge has now called for a break.



11:02KATE WILSON

White was yelling "we love you, don't leave me"​

Mrs Cundy said she was at White's home for 30 or 40 minutes. She said in the kitchen Bradley was laying on his back in the corner at a slight angle. His eyes were semi-closed, he was completely unresponsive and he was pale.
Mrs Cundy described searching for a pulse, and being surprised she detected some shallow breaths.
"Abi would not leave his side," Mrs Cundy said. "It was quite a battle to establish breathing. Abi's volume of screeching 'why aren't they responding!' and 'why is it taking so long!' was very loud. She was touching his face and saying 'we love you, don't leave me, stay with me, we love you.'"
Mrs Cundy said White told her, "he did it to himself". White then confirmed they had been arguing.
Mrs Cundy said her husband pinned White to the wall to allow paramedics to administer first aid on Bradley. She recalled telling White to try to compose herself and breathe steadily.




10:39KATE WILSON

White claimed Bradley had done it to himself​

Mrs Cundy said, White told her Bradley had done it to himself. White confirmed to her they had been arguing. Mrs Cundy's husband Stewart then arrived, and took the phone from his wife as paramedics burst on the scene and took over.
Recapping, Mrs Cundy recalled how earlier that day - March 25 - White was at home with friends in the garden and there was no sounds of arguing. It was not until around 8pm she heard screams from next-door of "somebody help, I can't get through!"
Mrs Cundy clarified she had simply heard, not actually seen White screaming. But she said: "In my gut I knew where it was coming from."
She said she dialled 999, went 'round to White's house and White opened the door "frantic and hysterical", wearing a pink dress and with a bruise on her upper left arm but no blood on her.
As Mrs Cundy followed White into the kitchen she spotted a white radiator cover with a kitchen knife on it, pointing towards the kitchen, with the front tip of its seven-inch blade stained with blood.



10:25SOPHIE GRUBB

Neighbour tried to save him​

Mrs Cundy said she was first on the scene on the stabbing. She told police around 8pm she heard White screaming hysterically - saying "help, I can't get through, can someone call the emergency services?" Mrs Cundy dialled 999 as White continued: "He's not breathing."
The court heard Mrs Cundy then went next door, White let her in, and there was blood on the floor of the living room. She could see Bradley lying on his back in the kitchen, and on a radiator cover was a blood-stained kitchen knife.
Her first thoughts were that "extremely pale and unresponsive" Bradley was dead, but she spotted his shallow breathing. Mrs Cundy followed the instructions of the 999 call handler to put pressure on a wound to his chest.
She said there wasn't a great deal of blood from the entry wound, which concerned her as she thought he was either bleeding internally or his body had shut down. Mrs Cundy told police she tried, but couldn't put Bradley in the recovery position.

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Today’s live updates (read from bottom upwards)

16:17EMMA FLANAGAN

Bradley and White's relationship was "toxic"​

Leigh stated how Bradley had told her White had stabbed him, and White threatened to kill her. Leigh felt Bradley and White's relationship was toxic. Paige Randall stated she knew Bradley and White and recalled in January 2022 she, her twin, Bradley and White went out for a drink. She said Bradley had his heart set on a foursome, which didn't happen. She stated Leigh had admitted having sexual activity with Bradley. She also said White and Bradley's relationship was toxic. Sophie Webber stated she was White's best friend and became Bradley's friend. She stated White was happy with Bradley at first. She said she lost contact with White, before hooking up again. Sophie said it was clear White and Bradley's relationship was toxic and possessive White could be a "psycho". When White was pregnant Bradley got another girl pregnant, Sophie said. White had stated Bradley was unfaithful to her and she wanted to kill the other woman but could not go to prison. Sophie described how an emotional Bradley called her and said White had hurt him and was really upset. Sophie said she didn't believe White had hurt anyone else. White told Sophie she had pills for a termination.


16:07EMMA FLANAGAN

White and Bradley had apparently been "up for a foursome" with twins​

Leigh Randall stated she heard Bradley was stabbed. She said three months before she, her twin Paige, Bradley and White went out for a drink. Back at White's home, Bradley wanted a foursome which White was up for but the twins said no. She admitted having sexual activity with Bradley, however.



16:00EMMA FLANAGAN

A witness statement from Daisy Roberts is being read out, she says she met Bradley who admitted he had a girlfriend, but wished he was with her instead​

The jury is being read a series of witness statements. Daisy Roberts stated that on March 25 she was aware Bradley had died and there was a murder investigation. She said she met Bradley in May 2021 and he admitted having a girlfriend and could not take her number. He then texted her and arranged to meet her the next day. He came over and slept with her, she said, and they had further contact in the days that followed. Bradley had stated he had been engaged for years. Later Bradley texted her and said he wished he was with her as opposed to his partner, the court heard. On May 22, 2021, she saw him for the last time and he gave her an orchid and his shirt, the court heard. They continued to message but on July 6 she got no reply. They then lost contact.



15:55KATE WILSON

White had been stressed in days before the incident​

Dr Sandford conceded in the days before the incident White had been stressed due to factors including Bradley being unfaithful as well as her induced abortion.
He said the manifestations of White's personality disorder could be heightened as a result. The doctor added that White had difficulty controlling her emotions and difficulty controlling her anger.
Dr Sandford's evidence is concluded.




15:47KATE WILSON

White suffers from a borderline personality disorder​

Dr Sandford confirmed to the jury mum-of-three White had decided to have a pregnancy with Bradley terminated because she thought that was for the best. He also confirmed White said she had repeatedly called 999 to get Bradley help at the time of the incident but had not been able to get through immediately.
The doctor confirmed White suffers from a borderline personality disorder with emotionally unstable and dissocial features. The doctor said most people with a personality disorder make wrong choices. He said White's personality disorder could manifest in traits or patterns.
In White's case that could be negative mood, taking things out of proportion and low self-esteem. Another of her traits could be disinhibition and recklessness he said. He added that a third White trait could involve episodes of self-harm and inappropriate, intense anger.




15:13KATE WILSON

Doctor concludes White 'knew what she was doing'​

Dr Sandford concluded White has no mental health illness or intellectual disability. He said she had a non-severe personality disorder and at times could be emotionally unstable. He said she had never been taken on as a mental health outpatient.
He said on March 25 she was not suffering from an abnormal mental health state but was upset with her partner about his infidelity and lack of commitment to her.
Dr Sandford concluded at the time of the offence she knew what she was doing, and on that evening she picked up a knife just to scare him and not cause serious damage. She had been able to call an ambulance, as well as a neighbour, and was capable of forming rational thought.
She had been drinking, and some of her previous violence was on the context of being drunk, the doctor said. He added the couple were in an unstable and volatile relationship and the stabbing was in the context of a domestic dispute.



14:48KATE WILSON

White would 'belittle' Bradley on TikTok​

White was polite, pleasant and engaging in interview and showed no thought disorder, abnormal thinking, memory impairment or psychosis. She showed sadness about Bradley's death, the court heard.
She was reflective about her relationship difficulties and said Bradley was "coercive, controlling and manipulative". The doctor said he had read accounts that White could be nice one minute and aggressive and hysterical in the next.
He also read accounts that White used a TikTok social media account to belittle Bradley, and accounts White had been violent to Bradley. There was also evidence that White said she wanted to kill Bradley and another woman, but had stated she couldn't do prison time.



14:29EMMA FLANAGAN

White said she picked up the knife to scare Bradley​

Back at her house the couple tussled and argued, she said. She picked up a knife to scare Bradley, but she didn't want to cause him serious harm. She said Brad went near her, the knife went into him, he looked at her and said her name and she saw blood squirting out of him.



14:29EMMA FLANAGAN

Bradley admitted to White, that night, he had been unfaithful​

White told Dr Sandford shortly before the killing Bradley admitted being unfaithful, and she had been cross because he had always denied it. White said on March 25 she was expecting Bradley to make some effort and demonstrate he was committed to their relationship. She said she had a bottle of wine and drank a Jägerbomb and two rum and cokes before Bradley turned up and they started arguing. She could not recall hittiing Bradley, but recalled that a man had hit her.
White described being six or seven out of 10 innebriated and said she had a small amount of cocaine.



14:21EMMA FLANAGAN

White's history with alcohol and drugs has been detailed, she also said she didn't feel she and Bradley had a healthy relationship​

White said she stayed with Bradley because she loved him "so much". She said when she had threatened to leave he had wanted to kill himself and she didn't want that. White admitted drinking fairly regularly by the age of 13 but was never alcohol dependant. She said she sometimes used cocaine recreationally when she went out. The doctor said White had charted her contact with psychiatric services, including overdoses. She has a history of attempted suicide and self-harm in response to stresses in her life, feeling that Bradley was not supportive of her, he would call her "crazy" and she didn't feel they had a healthy relationship. What she said matched her medical records, Dr Sandford said. He told the jury she had a history of emotional difficulties from 12 or 13, had been prescribed anti-depressants. In March 2022 she was discussing therapy for emotional instability, Dr Sandford said.



14:10EMMA FLANAGAN

Their relationship was 'controlling'​

Dr Sandford said White acknowledged a very tough and very controlling relationship with Bradley and claimed he would be quite manipulative and he was frequently unfaithful to her and she admitted there was violence both ways.



14:09EMMA FLANAGAN

White said her only job was posting on OnlyFans where she made £50,000 in her first year​

White said she had never had a job, but had worked self-employed on a website called OnlyFans, and had made some £50,000 from that in the first year - though made around a £1,000 a month after that. White confirmed she had a serious relationship aged 15, for seven months, then one at 16 for five months with a 29-year-old man before her relationship with Bradley.



14:08EMMA FLANAGAN

A consultant forensic psychiatrist is now going over White's difficult childhood​

The prosecutor has called Dr John Sandford, a consultant forensic psychiatrist. He told the jury he had been supplied with witness statements, transcripts of phone calls, as well as medical and social services records. He then took White' account of what happened. The court heard she had a difficult childhood, with violence from her dad to her mum - who split when she was aged four. She said, after that, her step-father physically abused her and she she was taken into foster care. Dr Sandford confirmed White had lived with her gran and dad, her schooling was disrupted and was excluded from school, going into a pupil referral unit. The court heard she acknowledged there had been behavioural problems.




13:54EMMA FLANAGAN

In a voice note White is heard saying she'll end up killing him if he hurts her again​

The jury is looking at three voice notes recovered from White's phone. She says "I have to beat the living daylights out of him and he still doesn't tell me the truth". She also says she can't trust anyone, and everyone knew how bad she could get - and recently she's been getting bad and there's no limits. She concedes that she'll end up killing 'him' if he hurts her again and she'll go to prison.



13:53EMMA FLANAGAN

White called police about an assault on the night of Bradley's death​

Welcome back to Court One, where the trial has resumed. The prosecutor is playing a short video taken by Crime Scene Investigators who attended Chipperfield Drive on Match 26. The jury is listening to a call White made to police at 7.38pm on March 25 when she reported that she had been attacked at Siston Common. After she says that the call has muffled background sound before being disconnected. At 7.42pm police rang the number back, and White tells them "I just got attacked" by a man at the pub. She says the man punched her to the ground at the Horseshoe pub. She then says she doesn't want police to come as she just wants to go home, before giving a description of the assailant. She then says she doesn't want to talk about and says she wants to sleep on it and will let them know if she wants to take it further

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