UK - Constable arrested in murder of Claire Parry, 41, near Bournemouth; she died 10 May 2020

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1:58pm

That morning, Brehmer was arrested on suspicion of murder after Mrs Parry's death.

1:59pm

Court is now breaking for lunch.

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2:39pm

Proceedings are set to resume.

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2:43pm

Judge Jacobs is now talking through prison officer Mr Stentiford's evidence.

Prosecution say Brehmer "dropped his guard" when talking to Mr Stentiford and gave a different version of events.

Defence accept there was a conversation but deny Brehmer gave a different account of evidence.

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2:44pm

On the same day (July 3) as the conversation, Mr Stentiford submitted an intelligence report, on July 7 Mr Stentiford took notes of the conversation, on July 21 he made a statement.

2:45pm

Mr Stentiford said he asked Brehmer if he was due any medication, the defendant said he wasn't sure but he was due to be prescribed medication for anxiety.

Mr Stentiford claimed Brehmer said he had lost everything and used to be "just like him".

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2:46pm

The prison officer said Brehmer said Mrs Parry was angry and was trying to get out the vehicle, as she went to get out Brehmer grabbed her pocket, then put his arm around her neck to pull her back in.

He then said he told Brehmer he hopes he was telling the truth and was surprised he would put his arm around Mrs Parry's neck.

2:47pm

Brehmer told Mr Stentiford it was an accident, he loved her and didn't want to hurt her, the prison officer said.

2:48pm

Mr Stentiford said before the conversation, he had known a police officer was in the prison but didn't know who it was or that it was a murder case.

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2:51pm

Mr Stentiford said Brehmer said Mrs Parry was angry and they were arguing. He accepted Brehmer didn't say he was angry.

He said Brehmer didn't say why Mrs Parry wanted to get out the car and was adamant that Brehmer did not say she was trying to get out the car.

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2:54pm
Judge Jacobs is now talking through Brehmer's evidence.

Brehmer accepted he was responsible for Mrs Parry's death, he said "I must have used too much force" but didn't want to kill her. He said he didn't kill her "in the heat of the moment".

2:55pm

On May 6, Brehmer and Mrs Parry had sex, he told court. He had no incline anything was wrong, he told the court.

On May 7, accusatory messages were building up from Mrs Parry. Brehmer said he gave as much information as he could but she wouldn't accept it.

On May 8, Brehmer said he was desperate and didn't sleep that night. He said he couldn't see anyway out.


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2:56pm

He gave Mrs Parry access to social media on the Saturday and it made things worse, Brehmer said.

They arranged to meet and Brehmer made the decision to kill himself.


2:57pm

Brehmer accepted he lied to Martha (his wife) when he said he was going to work to pick up clean clothes and he arrived at the Horns Inn when he deleted his social media apps and obtained a refund from Screwfix so "someone could have the money after he was gone".

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2:59pm

Brehmer said he didn't tell Mrs Parry about his plan to commit suicide. He said there was constant dialogue in the car, Mrs Parry was heated and he was sad.

The defendant said he took his phone off Airplane Mode which was when the "I'm cheating on you" text was sent. Martha phoned and Brehmer declined it and put the phone back on Airplane Mode. He then stabbed himself to "show how desperate he was", but Mrs Parry "didn't care".

2:59pm

Brehmer then factory reset his phone so "nobody could find him" after he killed himself.

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3:01pm

Brehmer said after he reset the phone, there was constant conversation and Mrs Parry was "being nasty".

He said he needed to go and Mrs Parry said not until 3.55pm.

He then went to the passenger door to pull her out and couldn't so he "bundled" into the car to push her out, he told the court.

3:03pm

He said he was trying to push her out and at some point she was on her front in a press-up position with her hands out the car and she was doing "all she could" to stay in the car.

Brehmer said he fell on top of her by accident, his left arm was underneath her. He said it was like a "piggy-back".

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3:03pm

Brehmer said he pressed the horn with his foot and he was "fixated" on getting her out the car. He rolled across her shoulders and didn't know she was "poorly".

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3:04pm

He said he walked away thinking Mrs Parry would sit up, he asked the Bartlett family to help him.

The next morning, he told the hospital staff he might have stabbed his arm to end his life, by that time he said he was less embarrassed about what happened.

3:05pm

Brehmer said he didn't recognise Mr Stentiford's name but recognised him when he came into court.

He said he did not say Mrs Parry was trying to get out the car, he described it as "a load of shoelaces".

3:07pm

While being cross-examined, Brehmer accepted he lied to his wife about the affair.

He agreed it is not good practice to take someone around the neck.

3:09pm

Brehmer denied buying the rope to emotionally blackmail Mrs Parry. He also denied he had agreed to meet her to talk her out of telling Mrs Brehmer about the affair.

3:11pm

The defendant accepted that the pushing and shoving wouldn't account for 20 minutes, but his conversation with Mrs Parry continued after the factory reset and he didn't have a concept of time.

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3:13pm

Brehmer denied taking Mrs Parry around the neck "in a rage".

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3:15pm

Brehmer denied knowing he left Mrs Parry fatally injured. He said he "saw her" but didn't specifically look.

When asked why he went to the road, Brehmer said he didn't know and there was no "rational explanation" to what was going on.

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3:16pm

Brehmer denied compressing Mrs Parry's neck in anger and then stabbing himself.

3:19pm

Mr Rowe, the crime scene investigator, told the court it was not easy to see blood on the ground, he said it was "rough ground" and people had been standing on the area where the front of the Citroen had been, Judge Jacobs said.

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3:21pm

Mr Wheelhouse told the court the forensic science would not be able to say everything that happened in that case.

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3:23pm

The defence say "it is important" that the forensic science is consistent with Brehmer's case.

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3:25pm

The defence say Brehmer's version of events is "more plausible" based on the crime scene.

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3:33pm

Judge Jacobs said the blood on the driver's seat of the Citroen was in keeping with Brehmer bleeding for some time and moving to the passenger side at some point.

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