UK UK - Sarah Wellgreen, 46, Kent, 9 Oct 2018

[wookielover185]

Which is just what someone with fibromyalgia would be doing - when she's not digging up the very small patch of lawn out front of the house

i question how bad this is - she use to be quite active around the nerf war stuff that BL did and my kids went to

also - i dont understand why someone who is supposedly intelligent would think that 'throwing the phones in the river' would make him look less guilty them some hastily written text message drafts and few sites. That is crazy - surely that is destroying evidence

 

[hitthenick]

RSBM.

Oh come on. He's now got his mum 2 storeys up a ladder clearing the gutter to explain away a wet jumper.

He didn’t say his mum was up ladders, no need to twist his quotes.

 

[Miss Scarlet]

Hi Sleuths! I’m also local (within the search radius) and helped out on searches. I’ve been following avidly and love this site!
It’s the poor kids I feel sorry for and I don’t know why, but NJ makes me slightly uneasy too.
Could be all the media stuff of him saying “our Sarah” this and that, when we know their relationship hadn’t been all that.
Evidence is certainly stacked against BL though. Cross examination will be interesting if he’s the “panicky” type....

 

[mrazda71]

He didn’t say his mum was up ladders, no need to twist his quotes.

British humour ... it's one of the things I love about my fellow UK Brits. Legally was being sarcastic that's all.

 

[Spy Versus Spy]

Welcome.

 

[mrazda71]

Hi Sleuths! I’m also local (within the search radius) and helped out on searches. I’ve been following avidly and love this site!
It’s the poor kids I feel sorry for and I don’t know why, but NJ makes me slightly uneasy too.
Could be all the media stuff of him saying “our Sarah” this and that, when we know their relationship hadn’t been all that.
Evidence is certainly stacked against BL though. Cross examination will be interesting if he’s the “panicky” type....

Welcome welcome welcome

To those that know Ben personally or have an opinion ... is he an anxious type? He certainly seems to be playing it that way ... though not making him look less guilty in my book!

His constant 'mum was there/heard/saw' etc comments are interesting. Is he her golden boy? Would she lie for him? Cover up a ... incident?

 

[Mrs Marple]

RSBM.

Oh come on. He's now got his mum 2 storeys up a ladder clearing the gutter to explain away a wet jumper.

He literally can't do a anything without that woman.

 

[Legally Bland]

He didn’t say his mum was up ladders, no need to twist his quotes.

Ok, it's an exaggeration, but this is text book explaining away the evidence no matter how unlikely his explanation is. It's basically boiling down to 3 themes:

• Ask my Mum.
• My father was accused of sexual assault.
• My solicitor told me not to answer police questions even though I could easily explain.

He's been on remand since December, but thought it would be better to wait till trial to put his case across.

 

[Mrs Marple]

BL might be intelligent but he clearly thinks everyone else is stupid.

 

[Spy Versus Spy]

I hope the new members quickly get used to our weary, cynical take on evidence and justice

It's good to see and hear diff input and opinion. Hope we're not too scary

 

[Spy Versus Spy]

Ok, it's an exaggeration, but this is text book explaining away the evidence no matter how unlikely his explanation is. It's basically boiling down to 3 themes:

• Ask my Mum.
• My father was accused of sexual assault.
• My solicitor told me not to answer police questions even though I could easily explain.

He's been on remand since December, but thought it would be better to wait till trial to put his case across.

Hitthenick is even drier than your average poster LB

 

[Miss Scarlet]

ML surely must be a witness for the defence - boy are they going to grill her. A lot of his testimony relies on her. That’s a big ask for any Mother

 

[Spy Versus Spy]

He didn’t say his mum was up ladders, no need to twist his quotes.

Have you seen the cctv footage of the early morning car journey that the Prosecution ,and most people, are sure is BL's vehicle, @hitthenick ?

Any possible way that it isnt that car iyo?

 

[wookielover185]

BL would crumble like an old woman's hips under strong cross examination

 

[Spy Versus Spy]

@Alyce @Legally Bland

I have to leave v shortly for a while. Can either take the update reins back?

 

[wookielover185]

Trial resumes: Lacomba cross-examination
The jury has returned and the trial has resumed following a lunch break. Defendant Ben Lacomba is now being cross-examined by Alison Morgan QC, prosecuting.

Follow the cross-examination as it happens here on KentLive.

 

[Alyce]

14:45
Trial resumes: Lacomba cross-examination

The jury has returned and the trial has resumed following a lunch break. Defendant Ben Lacomba is now being cross-examined by Alison Morgan QC, prosecuting.

Follow the cross-examination as it happens here on KentLive.



Live updates as Sarah Wellgreen's ex-partner goes on trial accused of her murder

 

[Delisa]

Mummy sounds like a right Mrs Baylock

 

[Spy Versus Spy]

Ty Alyce

 

[wookielover185]

Prosecution asks Lacomba: 'Where is Sarah Wellgreen?'
Alison Morgan QC, prosecuting, begins by instantly asking Lacomba to tell the court where Sarah is. Questions and answers are exchanged between Ms Morgan and Lacomba.

• Ms Morgan asks: “Where’s Sarah?”
• Lacomba replies: “I don’t know.”
  
• Ms Morgan: “Where did you put her body?”
  
• Lacomba: “I did not.”
  
• Ms Morgan: “Did you bury her?”
  
• Lacomba: “I did not.”
  
• Ms Morgan: “Did you put her in water?”
• Lacomba: “I did not.”
• Ms Morgan: “You help us now, where is she?”
• Lacomba: “I don’t know.”