Lancashire Telegraph are also reporting live - I will copy them here. There is some overlap with Milly's link, but also some other details, so between the two links we should get more info.
Mr McLachlan is telling the jury: "Burfield is 51. Katie Kenyon was 33 at the time of her death.
"In July 2019 they started a relationship and almost three years later, on April 29 this year, Katie's body was recovered from a makeshift grave in Gisburn Forest.
"You will here from a HM Pathologist, Dr Jamie Robinson, who carried out a postmortem.
"The post mortem confirmed the presence of severe injuries to the head with multiple scalp defects and the shattering of the bones of the skull.
"In summary, multiple head injuries caused Katie Kenyon’s death.
"The nature of the injuries indicated the use of a heavy edged weapon (such as an axe or possibly a spade).
"Dr Robinson estimated that there were at least 12 separate strikes.
"It is the prosecution case that Andrew Burfield inflicted these blows.
You will hear in due course that when interviewed by the police under caution he eventually admitted to inflicting one of these blows accidentally with an axe. The prosecution do not accept this version of events.
Mr McLachlan is telling the jury where Katie lived, in Herbert Street, Padiham, with her two children.
He's also telling the jury that Burfield lived in Todmorden Road in Burnley
Mr McLachlan says: "There were difficulties in their relationship and on May 28 2021, HM Courts and Tribunals Service sent Katie Kenyon a letter relating to a claim for £4,419 made against her by Andrew Burfield.
"The letter required a response by June 16 2021.
"As a result of the difficulties in their relationship Katie Kenyon applied for a non molestation order against Andrew Burfield.
"This was to be heard on June 9.
"You will hear in due course that nothing came of this and a non-molestation order was never put in place.
He continues: "Katie sent an email to her therapist Scott Knowles and in the email she referred to her anxiety being at an all time low and also said: “… I’m talking about my feelings with my partner and we are doing really good”.
She wished Mr Knowles well and thanked him for his help, and that was the end of the relationship between her and her therapist.
In February 2022 a notice of enforcement was issued to Katie Kenyon in relation to the debt of £4,467.03.
Mr McLachlan tells the jury that in March 2022 Burfield and Katie exchanged messages about her wellbeing.
Burfield suggested that she would benefit from a trip to The Priory in Manchester which offers outpatient care for a wide range of mental health conditions.
Burfield offered to pay for this.
Mr McLachlan tells the jury Katie sent a message to her mother saying she'd rather pay the £6,000 and was seeking help from the father of her daughter.
She also sent another message to her mother on March 16 2022, which read: "“I’m paranoid to death hes ganna do summert .. couldn’t sleepall night xxxx”
Mr McLachlan is telling the jury that after Burfield was arrested, messages were found in his notes on his iCloud account, which read: "As from tomorrow morning at 8am Bee will now be your responsibility Paul !!!” (Bee is a reference to Katie Kenyon’s daughter).
Furthermore, the message said: “ … if you can’t handle it or step up as her Dad then take her to Andy’s he will look after her properly”
The prosecution say that the message is important because it purports to be written by Katie but the prosecution say it wasn't, it was written by Burfield.
And Mr McLachlan say that from this message he clearly had murder on his mind and this showed a degree of pre-meditation.
Mr McLachlan says that similar messages were found on Burfield's iCloud, which could have been edited between March and April 4 - they were addressed to her son, himself and her mother.
Mr McLachlan said it was clear that Burfield had death on his mind
Outlining the state of Katie and Burfield's relationship to the jury, Mr McLachlan refers to a message Katie sent to Burfield before her death which read: “Have I put a £6000 debt over your head … that I know you can’t pay just to make your life a little more harder & stressful????”
Mr McLachlan said Burfield also suggested she take two weeks off work, an attempt, the prosecution say, to get Katie back on side.
Mr McLachlan then tells the jury that there are further conversations between Burfield and Katie, with Burfield leaving chocolates and flowers on her car windscreen while it's parked at her place of work, before the pair are seen at a Brewers Fayre on April 12.
He tells the jury there were also messages sent referring to a house they were supposed to be renting together - these were sent on April 20
Andrew Burfield is on trial at Preston Crown Court accused of the murder of Padiham mum-of-two, Katie Kenyon. Katie, 33, went missing on April 22…
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prick... I swear I just wanna kill it or make him feel pain... who the
