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Chapter 28- The Final Piece of the Puzzle
Sam and Phil sat down in the gallery after lunch, ready to hear the final piece of evidence: Stuart's side of the story. 'I call my client Stuart Turner,' Mr Johnson said.
Stuart stood in the witness box and recited the oath. 'Mr Turner, how long had you and DI Nixon been together before the incident in question?' Mr Johnson asked.
'9months,' Stuart replied.
'Can you tell the court about the incident on Saturday 17th February?'
Stuart nodded, 'I was sat in the hotel room, waiting for Sam to come back, she came back and I said we needed to talk,'
'Talk about what?'
'I proposed to her on Valentines Day and I wanted an answer,'
'What happened next?'
'We started arguing and she hit me. The knife was on the table and Sam picked it up,'
'Are you saying that DI Nixon had the knife?'
Stuart nodded, 'what happened after that?'
'I tried to reason with her, get her to put the knife down, she refused,'
'What did you do?'
'I approached her and tried to take the knife off her, we wrestled with it for a bit. Then Sam got stabbed, it was an accident, self-defence, it was either her or me,'
'No further questions,' Mr Johnson said as he sat down.
Ms Granger stood up, 'Mr Turner, the court has already heard that you discovered DI Nixon's affair with DS Hunter that afternoon, we're not disputing that. How did you feel when you found out?'
'I was gutted, I couldn't believe it, I proposed to her because I loved her and I thought she loved me too,'
'You must have been really angry,'
'I wasn't angry; I was prepared to give it another chance,'
'What happened when she got back to the hotel room?'
'As I said earlier, I told her we needed to talk,'
'How did she respond to that?'
'She acted as thought she didn't know what was coming,'
'What happened after that?'
'We started shouting at each other…'
'Now to me, that doesn't sound like the reaction of an understanding partner,' Ms Granger interrupted.
'Sam kept denying it; I couldn't believe that she was still trying to cover it up,'
'DI Nixon said that you hit her…is that true?'
Stuart looked down at his feet before answering, 'yes I did,' he finally said.
'I put it to you Mr Turner that you were angry about your girlfriend, to whom you'd already proposed to, having sex with someone else and you decided to vent your frustrations out on DI Nixon,' Ms Granger replied.
'No!' Stuart said, his temper beginning to rise. 'It was self-defence,' Stuart said, his temper beginning to rise.
'So you admit that you stabbed her?'
'Yes I do, but it was self-defence, it was either her or me,'
'During the course of this trial, we have also heard from PC Will Fletcher and he claims that you done a bunk after the incident, is that the actions taken by an innocent man?'
Stuart stayed silent for a moment, 'please answer the question,' Ms Granger pressed.
'No,' Stuart finally said.
'No further questions, your honour,' Ms Granger replied triumphantly.
The judge then turned to the jury and began to speak, 'members of the jury, over the past three days, you have heard both sides of the story and your job is to decide on a verdict based on what you have heard. I must ask you to strive for a unanimous verdict either way, you may retire,' the judge said.
The jury and everyone else began to stand up and make their way to the exit.
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Sam and Phil pulled up outside their house 20minutes later, 'why don't you go in babe, I've got something that I need to do,' Phil said.
'Do you wanna get a takeaway as well or shall I cook?' Sam asked.
'Ummm, I think I'll get a takeaway,'
'Is there something wrong with my cooking?'
'No course there isn't honey; I'm just saving you some trouble,'
'OK then,' Sam said as she kissed Phil softly on the lips. 'I'll see you later Phil.'
'Love you Sam,' Phil replied.
'Love you too Phil,' Sam said as she got out of the car.
Sam stood on the pavement and watched as Phil's car disappeared out of sight. She smiled to herself as she walked up the garden path and put the key into the lock. The door opened and Sam went inside, closing the door behind her.
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