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here's a portion of it Lit Up where she underwhelmed you.( I pasted it into a Word page whilst I was updating on here. )
ETA
( Putting the whole Gill Curry testimony up as it's too misleading otherwise. )
Helen Bailey murder trial resumes at St Albans Crown Court with evidence from psychiatric nurse Gill Currey
The first witness is Gill Currey, who is now coming into the court room. Gill is a community psychiatric nurse and approved mental health professional. She has been in this role for 14 years, the court is told. Gill made three statements to the police, the latest being February 1 this year.
She tells the court: Ian Stewart was a self referral. There was a meeting in advance of this, on May 9, but my first dealing with him was on May 18. At 2pm on May 18 I went to the address in Baldock Road, Royston and I was with a student social worker. When we got there we could see police were already there. I parked my car on the grass, which is what Stewart told me to do. Stewart invited us into the house - two police officers were just coming out and they introduced themselves to us. He asked us to take our shoes off and we went into the lounge.
Stewart just started talking about Helen going missing on the assumption I knew all about it, but I didnt know everything about it. He continued to tell us the events of Helen going missing. He said his memory wasnt very clear from either before or after her going missing. He said she walked with the dog down a lane near to their home. His recollection of this seemed clear to me.
Gill Currey adds: Stewart told me Helen had told him she was going to Broadstairs. He said he could clearly remember on that day, that she walked down the lane with the dog, and he assumed she was going to Broadstairs. After that, I asked him why he thought this. He said she wanted some time on her own. Stewart said she didnt appear to have any bags with her.
Gill tells the court that Stewart told her that Helen had left him a note, saying she had gone to Broadstairs. She added: I asked him basically how he felt with Helen being missing. I asked if there were any arguments or problems leading up to her disappearance. He said he couldnt remember.
Couple 'planned to marry' There was conversation that Stewart and Helen were planning to get married in September 2016. He didnt answer all of my questions. I asked him if he attempted to contact Helen since shed left, he said no and that her phone was switched off. I said how would he know the phone was switched off, if he hadnt attempted to contact her? He didnt respond to this.
Gill said Stewart had also planned to go on holiday with Helen to Spain. After her disappearance Stewart told Gill that he couldnt cancel the flights, but the hotel had been cancelled, the court was told. Gill added: I found him to be very matter of fact when talking about Helen going missing, there was no emotion and at one point he put his head down in, what appeared to me and my colleague, an effort to make himself cry. I spoke to my colleague about this afterwards. Overall we were with Stewart for about an hour.
Stewart said that he wasnt sleeping well at night, and that he spent his time asleep on the sofa during the day, and watching TV. He was keen that I should speak to his GP and the police about how the visit went that day. That wouldnt be normal for us to do that. At that point I didnt feel there was a need for continued interaction with Stewart, I went back to the team and asked for one of the team leaders to come with me on my next visit.
I wanted to discharge Stewart from my service, so on May 23 we went back again to his house together with a colleague of mine. On this occasion he said he was fed up with the police coming round. I asked what he had been doing since our last meeting, and he said the same as last time, spending time either sleeping during the day or having the TV on. As to his behaviour, his body language and what was said, I still found him to be quite emotionless and he was quite relaxed and matter of fact discussing Helen.
Gill Currey adds that Stewart told her that he was considering going to Broadstairs, as thats where he thought Helen had gone. He said he had gone out once looking for Helen, but he found it too much as people were asking how he was doing. Presumably he didnt want to answer those questions. The next time Gill saw Stewart was on June 7. I wanted to ensure he had been given the opportunity to see a psychiatrist again, and to confirm my professional view that Stewart wasnt displaying any symptoms of depression. I had concluded myself that he could be discharged from my service. When we were waiting to see the psychiatrist he sat right next to me, but only when we were called in did he say he didnt realise this was me. He said he felt a slight improvement with his eating, there was conversation about him going away on holiday. Stewart said he was considering going to Palma.
Gill is asked how Stewart spoke about Boris the dog. He spoke just about the dog, that he was Helens pride and joy - in other words talking in the past tense. Gill is asked how Stewart spoke about Helen. She answers: He mainly spoke about Helen again in the past tense, what they were going to do etc. Hed spoken about the wedding they were hoping to have for September, that theyd booked the registry office but Helen was worried because they hadnt found a venue and time was coming on. He said Helen was always a worrier. Him referring to Helen and Boris in the past tense struck me as quite odd, given someone had gone missing.
http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/incoming/helen-bailey-murder-trial-continues-12561885
the colleague she takes back on visit 2 , on 23rd, is Consultant psychiatrist Ursula Dlugan
NB she also had the social worker on placement witnessing her account of May 18 visit, so you can see where I 'm going with that.
ETA
( Putting the whole Gill Curry testimony up as it's too misleading otherwise. )
Helen Bailey murder trial resumes at St Albans Crown Court with evidence from psychiatric nurse Gill Currey
The first witness is Gill Currey, who is now coming into the court room. Gill is a community psychiatric nurse and approved mental health professional. She has been in this role for 14 years, the court is told. Gill made three statements to the police, the latest being February 1 this year.
She tells the court: Ian Stewart was a self referral. There was a meeting in advance of this, on May 9, but my first dealing with him was on May 18. At 2pm on May 18 I went to the address in Baldock Road, Royston and I was with a student social worker. When we got there we could see police were already there. I parked my car on the grass, which is what Stewart told me to do. Stewart invited us into the house - two police officers were just coming out and they introduced themselves to us. He asked us to take our shoes off and we went into the lounge.
Stewart just started talking about Helen going missing on the assumption I knew all about it, but I didnt know everything about it. He continued to tell us the events of Helen going missing. He said his memory wasnt very clear from either before or after her going missing. He said she walked with the dog down a lane near to their home. His recollection of this seemed clear to me.
Gill Currey adds: Stewart told me Helen had told him she was going to Broadstairs. He said he could clearly remember on that day, that she walked down the lane with the dog, and he assumed she was going to Broadstairs. After that, I asked him why he thought this. He said she wanted some time on her own. Stewart said she didnt appear to have any bags with her.
Gill tells the court that Stewart told her that Helen had left him a note, saying she had gone to Broadstairs. She added: I asked him basically how he felt with Helen being missing. I asked if there were any arguments or problems leading up to her disappearance. He said he couldnt remember.
Couple 'planned to marry' There was conversation that Stewart and Helen were planning to get married in September 2016. He didnt answer all of my questions. I asked him if he attempted to contact Helen since shed left, he said no and that her phone was switched off. I said how would he know the phone was switched off, if he hadnt attempted to contact her? He didnt respond to this.
Gill said Stewart had also planned to go on holiday with Helen to Spain. After her disappearance Stewart told Gill that he couldnt cancel the flights, but the hotel had been cancelled, the court was told. Gill added: I found him to be very matter of fact when talking about Helen going missing, there was no emotion and at one point he put his head down in, what appeared to me and my colleague, an effort to make himself cry. I spoke to my colleague about this afterwards. Overall we were with Stewart for about an hour.
Stewart said that he wasnt sleeping well at night, and that he spent his time asleep on the sofa during the day, and watching TV. He was keen that I should speak to his GP and the police about how the visit went that day. That wouldnt be normal for us to do that. At that point I didnt feel there was a need for continued interaction with Stewart, I went back to the team and asked for one of the team leaders to come with me on my next visit.
I wanted to discharge Stewart from my service, so on May 23 we went back again to his house together with a colleague of mine. On this occasion he said he was fed up with the police coming round. I asked what he had been doing since our last meeting, and he said the same as last time, spending time either sleeping during the day or having the TV on. As to his behaviour, his body language and what was said, I still found him to be quite emotionless and he was quite relaxed and matter of fact discussing Helen.
Gill Currey adds that Stewart told her that he was considering going to Broadstairs, as thats where he thought Helen had gone. He said he had gone out once looking for Helen, but he found it too much as people were asking how he was doing. Presumably he didnt want to answer those questions. The next time Gill saw Stewart was on June 7. I wanted to ensure he had been given the opportunity to see a psychiatrist again, and to confirm my professional view that Stewart wasnt displaying any symptoms of depression. I had concluded myself that he could be discharged from my service. When we were waiting to see the psychiatrist he sat right next to me, but only when we were called in did he say he didnt realise this was me. He said he felt a slight improvement with his eating, there was conversation about him going away on holiday. Stewart said he was considering going to Palma.
Gill is asked how Stewart spoke about Boris the dog. He spoke just about the dog, that he was Helens pride and joy - in other words talking in the past tense. Gill is asked how Stewart spoke about Helen. She answers: He mainly spoke about Helen again in the past tense, what they were going to do etc. Hed spoken about the wedding they were hoping to have for September, that theyd booked the registry office but Helen was worried because they hadnt found a venue and time was coming on. He said Helen was always a worrier. Him referring to Helen and Boris in the past tense struck me as quite odd, given someone had gone missing.
http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/incoming/helen-bailey-murder-trial-continues-12561885
the colleague she takes back on visit 2 , on 23rd, is Consultant psychiatrist Ursula Dlugan
NB she also had the social worker on placement witnessing her account of May 18 visit, so you can see where I 'm going with that.
