2:08pm
The defendant is in the witness box and the jury have taken their seats.
Prosecutor Adam Feest QC will cross examine Thomas Schreiber.
2:09pm
Mr Feest shows an image of the upstairs corrider and asks is that where you killed Sir Richard?
The defendant replies: "I don't recall attacking Richard upstairs but I can't remember going upstairs to attack Richard."
The defendant adds that he remembers attacking Sir Richard downstairs.
2:10pm
Mr Feest QC references footprint evidence from upstairs which matched the defendant's footwear.
Thomas Schreiber says he has no physical recollection of attacking Sir Richard upstairs.
2:11pm
The prosecutor asks Thomas Schreiber how he sat on the green sofa in the kitchen without leaving any trace? Mr Feest QC says no blood was found on that item of furniture.
The defendant suggests he may have washed his hands.
2:13pm
Mr Feest QC repeats that there was no blood at all on the sofa.
Thomas Schreiber said he didn't sit there very long and he was collecting his thoughts.
"I was just in complete shock and horror," said the defendant. "I just needed to sit."
2:14pm
Why didn't you try to get some help for his mother, Mr Feest QC asks.
"Because I thought I had killed her," the defendant replies.
2:15pm
Asked if he went to check on her, the defendant says no.
2:16pm
Mr Feest QC asks: "What did you do when you got up from that sofa?"
"I decided that I had to leave the house and end my house [life??] and say my goodbyes to my friends and family," says the defendant.
2:18pm
Mr Feest QC asks how did the defendant get from the sofa to leaving the property?
Thomas Schreiber says he went to the bathroom, got changed and before leaving in the Range Rover he went back into the house to pick up a knife to use on himself.
2:20pm
Mr Feest QC shows the defendant a photograph of the bloodied upstairs corridor.
When asked how Sir Richard's body was positioned when he was killed, the defendant says he does not know.
2:22pm
Mr Feest QC says: "Do you accept that you did stab him upstairs?"
The defendant: "I do."
2:26pm
Thomas Schreiber is asked if he stood on Sir Richard.
"I don't remember," says the defendant.
He is asked if he kicked him.
The defendant gives the same response.
2:28pm
"By the time you were upstairs killing Sir Richard what was your intention," asks Mr Feest QC.
The defendant said there was never any intention to hurt anyone and that he had intented to celebrate his father's life with a quiet drink with Sir Richard, his mother and his family.
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The defendant is in the witness box and the jury have taken their seats.
Prosecutor Adam Feest QC will cross examine Thomas Schreiber.
2:09pm
Mr Feest shows an image of the upstairs corrider and asks is that where you killed Sir Richard?
The defendant replies: "I don't recall attacking Richard upstairs but I can't remember going upstairs to attack Richard."
The defendant adds that he remembers attacking Sir Richard downstairs.
2:10pm
Mr Feest QC references footprint evidence from upstairs which matched the defendant's footwear.
Thomas Schreiber says he has no physical recollection of attacking Sir Richard upstairs.
2:11pm
The prosecutor asks Thomas Schreiber how he sat on the green sofa in the kitchen without leaving any trace? Mr Feest QC says no blood was found on that item of furniture.
The defendant suggests he may have washed his hands.
2:13pm
Mr Feest QC repeats that there was no blood at all on the sofa.
Thomas Schreiber said he didn't sit there very long and he was collecting his thoughts.
"I was just in complete shock and horror," said the defendant. "I just needed to sit."
2:14pm
Why didn't you try to get some help for his mother, Mr Feest QC asks.
"Because I thought I had killed her," the defendant replies.
2:15pm
Asked if he went to check on her, the defendant says no.
2:16pm
Mr Feest QC asks: "What did you do when you got up from that sofa?"
"I decided that I had to leave the house and end my house [life??] and say my goodbyes to my friends and family," says the defendant.
2:18pm
Mr Feest QC asks how did the defendant get from the sofa to leaving the property?
Thomas Schreiber says he went to the bathroom, got changed and before leaving in the Range Rover he went back into the house to pick up a knife to use on himself.
2:20pm
Mr Feest QC shows the defendant a photograph of the bloodied upstairs corridor.
When asked how Sir Richard's body was positioned when he was killed, the defendant says he does not know.
2:22pm
Mr Feest QC says: "Do you accept that you did stab him upstairs?"
The defendant: "I do."
2:26pm
Thomas Schreiber is asked if he stood on Sir Richard.
"I don't remember," says the defendant.
He is asked if he kicked him.
The defendant gives the same response.
2:28pm
"By the time you were upstairs killing Sir Richard what was your intention," asks Mr Feest QC.
The defendant said there was never any intention to hurt anyone and that he had intented to celebrate his father's life with a quiet drink with Sir Richard, his mother and his family.
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