GUILTY UK - Helen Bailey, 51, Royston, 11 April 2016 #2

[MillyM]

"@MikeCartwright3: #helenbailey DC Hollie Daines tells court mr Stewart would not consent to a full search of home"

 

[cottonweaver]

#helenbailey DC Hollie Daines tells court mr Stewart would not consent to a full search of home

[video=twitter;824211603050610688]https://twitter.com/MikeCartwright3/status/824211603050610688[/video]



Hopefully when Tara gets the live feed going we will get a fuller account of the psych nurse's evidence.

 

[hunkerdown]

[video=twitter;824211600248893445]https://twitter.com/ashishskynews/status/824211600248893445[/video]


Stewart told police "If Helen does come back I don't think I want to be with her any more." Also questioned if the garage would be searched.


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[cottonweaver]

WOW ^ Stewart told police "If Helen does come back I don't think I want to be with her any more."


[video=twitter;824212260444893184]https://twitter.com/MikeCartwright3/status/824212260444893184[/video]

 

[MillyM]

"@MikeCartwright3: #helenbailey DC Hollie Daines tells court Mr Stewart said they wouldn't find anything in garage @BBCLookEast"

 

[yossarian247]

I was going to ask the same question, are those interviews really available online? I thought not.

Btw, re Boris, if you remember the veterinary expert witness said [FONT=&amp]“It cannot be established whether the animal was alive or dead when it was placed in the septic tank.”[/FONT][FONT=&amp]He said while a small amount of foreign material, likely septic tank debris, was found in the trachea of the dog, this did not extend into the lower airways, and the lungs did not appear heavy or wet.[/FONT]
[FONT=&amp]Dr Williams said taking all the findings into account, he could not confirm whether the animal drowned, and confirming drowning in this case would require additional evidence.'
I prefer not to imagine either of them being alive and think it would have given the murderer (leaving the field open for Joe and Nick!) more difficulties if they had not been dead. Do you think if Boris had been poisoned this would have shown up? The vet seemed to say that not much was possible because of decomposition.
I feel the need to assert that even people who are not 'animal-lovers' - in the sense of being pet dog lovers - are unlikely to want to be cruel to dogs. It's true that you'd think a person would come to feel affection for a characterful dog beloved of his own beloved - but this isn't about jealousy of Boris, he just had to be got rid of because he would have given the game away.[/FONT]

Strangely enough this subject came up recently when a relative of mine was having their septic tank pumped out. The fumes generated by the normal decomposition of waste in septic tanks and cesspools are a very unpleasant mix of toxic gasses, so much so that people are warned never to breathe in right over the open manhole of one, or lean right down into one. Anyone actually venturing down into a septic tank or cesspool to carry out maintenance needs to wear breathing apparatus or they risk being asphyxiated. People have been killed doing this. I only mention this as there has been some suggestions that Helen or Boris may have been put into the tank while still alive (hopefully not though). Any living person or animal in a septic tank would pass out relatively quickly, which is perhaps some tiny grain of comfort.

 

[cottonweaver]

still waiting for cambs blog

https://twitter.com/hashtag/helenbailey?src=hash

lovely pic of H& B there. It won't paste sorry

 

[cottonweaver]

[video=twitter;824213997717229568]https://twitter.com/ChloeKeedyITV/status/824213997717229568[/video]

 

[cottonweaver]

Chloe Keedy ‏@ChloeKeedyITV 2m2 minutes ago
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Court hears Stewart told nurse on May 9th he had been to Broadstairs over weekend + 'had thoughts of jumping off a cliff' @itvanglia

 

[cottonweaver]

Chloe Keedy ‏@ChloeKeedyITV 2m2 minutes ago
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Dc Hollie Daines back on stand - tells court Stewart told her about suicidal thoughts + she told him no need to do further formal interviews

 

[MillyM]

11:22
Case is called. First witness is Sarah Touhey

The first witness is Sarah Touhey, a community psychiatric nurse, based in Letchworth. She is being asked what happened on May 6, 2016. On May 6, she was asked to see Stewart at 1pm. He was described as a ‘self referral’ meaning he had referred himself and was asking for support for his mental health, she tells the court.

She added: “He said he could not remember anything and due to stress, he was having memory difficulties.

“He said his partner had been missing for 10 days and he wasn’t coping. He said his partner said she was going away for a few days, but she might not have gone there. “He also said he lost his ex-wife six years ago and he wasn’t coping.”

 

[cottonweaver]

Chloe Keedy ‏@ChloeKeedyITV 26s27 seconds ago
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Dc tells court she + colleague attended house on May 18th to search for electrical devices - said Stewart 'wasn't happy' + 'getting fed up'


Need to do some stuff now that Cambs blog is up , if anyone else wants to check the Twitter accnts for extra info.

 

[MillyM]

"ex-wife"??

 

[MillyM]

11:27
Stewart talked about self harming and was stressed by police questioning him

“Stewart was questioning whether self harming would help him remember the events he was struggling to put together.

“He talked how he’d been low, sitting at home alone, and wanted to end his life.

“He also talked about his illness and how that had affected Helen.

“He said he was stressed by police questioning him and his sons over the disappearance of Helen.

“He also talked about his first wife. “Suddenly he came agitated in his chair, his actions were very sudden and he also looked unwell physically.

“He was allowed to go home, and was told how he could get support over the weekend, and advice about what to do if he had any suicidal thoughts.”

 

[MillyM]

11:28
Stewart said he had suicidal thoughts

Sarah Touhey said she then spoke to Stewart again via the telephone on Monday, May 9.

“We went over his weekend, he said he’d had a difficult few days, he’d been to Broadstairs and had thoughts of jumping off the cliffs while he was down there.

“He then said he no longer felt that way and was feeling safe.

“I was concerned when I met him face to face that his behaviour had seemed so changeable.

“A colleague of mine rang Stewart again on May 10 as I was concerned.

“Stewart said he was still in Broadstairs but he was fine.”

 

[MillyM]

11:29
Further calls with Stewart

“I came back to work on May 13.

“He called me on that day, he said he was now back in Hertfordshire, he said he came very close to killing himself while he was there but his father had been very supportive and he was now back tidying up personal affairs - he said he was feeling better in himself.

“He was feeling confused and unable to make decisions. He told me he had declined a police interview because he thought it would be too stressful.

“He asked if he could provide my contact details to the police.

“He said he wasn’t sleeping well and was having thoughts of self harm.” On June 3 Sarah said she had some missed calls but then spoke to Stewart again.

“On this occasion he told me he had pre-existing flights booked to fly to Palma, Spain on June 12. He asked if I thought he should go, but I felt that wasn’t my decision to make.

“He sounded more jovial on this day than previously. He was asking if he could still call me for support, and I said yes.

“My last contact with him was on July 4 - I had a message to call him. He’d been asked to get in touch when he came back off holiday and so he did.

“He said he’d been on holiday, he said it felt strangely difficult but it was OK.

“He then said he didn’t feel there was now any ongoing role for us, and he was happy to be discharged. “I haven’t had any dealings with him since then.”

 

[cottonweaver]

“I was concerned when I met him face to face that his behaviour had seemed so changeable."

Oh dear, so many rehearsed characters he's trying out, for these contacts with nurse, police etc.

Now we have cliffs, self- harming thrown into the mix .


and
https://twitter.com/ChloeKeedyITV/status/824217921778057216

Court hears Stewart told officers he didn't want to give them his mobile phone because it was his only lifeline to Helen + psychiatric help

 

[MillyM]

11:29
First witness is cross-examined

Sarah Touhey is now being cross examined by the defence. She said there was a time during the May 9 phone conversation that she was discussing with Stewart how to manage his stress and anxiety. She said she told him of a range of common techniques to calm himself. That’s the end of her evidence.

http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/incoming/helen-bailey-murder-trial-week-12503618

 

[MillyM]

11:32
Detective constable Hollie Danies returns to stand to give evidence

Due to technical problems we are running behind with the live blog. Here’s some more evidence from earlier this morning.

Detective constable Hollie Daines is now being recalled, after last giving evidence on Monday.

She said: “Stewart told me about medication he had been taking and that he had sought psychiatric help and that was helping.

“He said he had gone to Broadstairs for a few days - he told me whilst he was there he felt like he wanted to jump off a cliff.

“He said his father had talked him down.

“He then said he was no longer suicidal and he had further appointments with the psychiatrist.

“I told him we were not going to apply pressure for further interviews, but asked if there was anything we could do to help and support him.

“He replied by asking us to find Helen - we told him we were working hard on that.”

 

[MillyM]

11:32
Stewart said he has not logged into Ms Bailey's account

Dc Daines said there was conversation about codes and passwords after Stewart’s second video interview.

“I asked him about logging into Helen’s bank account, he said he hadn’t logged into her account or even attempt it.

“We were told there were two attempts made to log into the account on April 11, but these logins had failed.

“Stewart asked did they succeed, had any money gone out? We said work into that was ongoing.”