Key Events So Far 10:30 Jonathan Humphries Alison goes to help
The jury are being shown pictures of the junction of Page Lane and Frank Street.
Mr Tomlinson says the woman was with a male at this stage.
AT: “One was trying to take the car seat off the other, like they were fighting over the car seat.”
GC: “Could you see at that stage if there was a young child in the car seat?”
AT: “No.”
GC: “Could you hear them saying anything?”
AT: “No.”
He says it was not “gentle pushing and shoving” but the male and female were trying to pull the car seat out of each other
s grasp.
Mr Tomlinson asked the taxi driver to stop, open the window and ask the girl if she was alright.
AT: “The driver did stop and I shouted out of the window, I cant remember exactly what but something like is everything ok?”
GC: “Then what do you recall happening?”
AT: “Alison getting out of the car. It was all quick, we stopped, I shouted out of the window and then Alison got out of the car.”
Mr Cole asks where the taxi stopped.
Mr Tomlinson says it was only very shortly after turning into Frank Street, within the first three houses.
GC: “Where did you see Alison go?”
AT: “She went straight over to the girl, they were still tussling. I made the decision to pay the taxi driver and walk back, we couldnt leave them.”
GC: “Do you recall her saying anything to you?”
AT: “No.”
Mr Tomlinson then left the taxi, holding Alisons hand-bag and the take-away food in a plastic bag.
Mr Tomlinson says he walked over to Alison and the male.
AT “The male and female was separated, the male was standing between parked cars, between the bumper and the boot, and Alison was between him and the female.”
10:22 Jonathan Humphries Proceedings underway
The jury have been called into court and Duggan is in the dock.
Gordon Cole, QC, prosecuting, has called Anthony Tomlinson to the witness box.
Mr Cole asks Mr Tomlinson about his partner, the victim Alison Wilson.
The pair had been together for six years, and lived together in Halton View, Widnes.
On March 7, they spent the afternoon together, before ordering a taxi, around 8pm, to go to the Church View pub.
At the pub he had around five or six pints, and Alison had been drinking white wine and soda.
It got to around 11pm, and the pair decided to get something to eat, at a chip shop in Page Lane.
They called for another taxi, and they headed towards the chip shop, with Mr Tomlinson in the front seat and Miss Wilson in the back.
At the chip shop Mr Tomlinson got out while Miss Wilson remained in the taxi. He then took the food back into the taxi intending to take it home.
Mr Cole asks what he saw as he left the chip shop.
AT: “As I came out of the chip shop I saw a girl in front of me, she was running on the opposite side of the road from me but she was screaming.
“It was as I came out of the chip shop as I saw her. She was running and she was screaming, but she was carrying a car seat, like a baby cradle over her arm. Thats what made me look really, it was swinging all over the place.”
He says he did not see anyone else at that point
AT “I just thought it was strange, it was late at night, with the baby chair being swung around like that. I didnt think it was right
“I said to Alison, have you seen this girl, have seen whats going on here? I dont think Alison had seen it at this stage.”
He drove around 30 yards to turn right onto Frank Street.
The girl then appeared on Frank Street, which Mr Tomlinson explains is a very narrow street.
10:21 Jonathan Humphries Morning
I am in Liverpool Crown Court for day two of the trial of Stephen Duggan, for the murder of 36-year-old Alison Wilson.
Duggan, 28, pleaded guilty to the manslaughter of the 36-year-old, from Widnes, but denies her murder on Saturday, March 7 this year.
He is alleged to have thrust a broken wine bottle into Ms Wilsons neck after she tried to stop him attacking a woman in Frank Street, Halton View, Widnes. Duggan, of no fixed address, has admitted assaulting the woman and wounding another passer-by, Anthony Tomlinson, 43, who was in a taxi with Ms Wilson.
However, the defendant denies the wounding with intent of Mr Tomlinson and a charge of assault causing actual bodily harm against a baby who was at the scene.
Yesterday Gordon Cole, QC, prosecuting, said Duggan launched a “deliberate and unprovoked” attack on the pair in Frank Street, Halton View, Widnes.
He said the defendant struck the 43-year-old Mr Tomlinson on the forehead with the bottle before using it to cut his face and kill Miss Wilson.
Doctors tried to save Miss Wilson but she died six days later in hospital on March 13.
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