Lisa Welford, 49, was pulled out of the River Derwent in Malton with a damaged thigh bone and different accidents on April 24 this yr, stated Craig Hassall KC.
She had suffered irreversible mind damage and died later in hospital.
CCTV had filmed her strolling usually from Malton bus station carefully adopted by alleged assassin Vincent Morgan, 47, lower than three hours earlier than she went into the river.
Lisa Welford (Picture: Household)
“The one credible clarification we, the prosecution say, is that Lisa’s accidents have been sustained within the context of yet one more deliberate assault on her by the hands of Morgan. That deliberate assault resulted in her being submerged within the River Derwent the place she was drowned,” stated Mr Hassall at Leeds Crown Courtroom.
Morgan had been forbidden to have any contact along with her underneath a home violence safety order made at York Magistrates’ Courtroom three weeks earlier to guard her from violence by him and there was an extended historical past of Morgan being violent to her, the courtroom heard.
Morgan had beforehand tried to throw an earlier associate into the River Derwent from the bridge subsequent to the bus station “solely yards from the place Lisa drowned having entered the river in circumstances Morgan can not or won’t clarify,” alleged Mr Hassall.
Morgan, of Castlegate, Malton, denies murdering Lisa and two prices of inflicting her precise bodily hurt in different incidents.
Mr Hassall alleged Lisa advised police on April 4 Morgan had grabbed her ponytail and pulled out hair leaving a bald patch on her head six weeks earlier and had additionally damaged one among her enamel.
Following her demise, a pathologist discovered accidents on her neck indicating she had been strangled with out being killed no less than 9 months earlier than her demise and different outdated accidents.
Buddies and colleagues had been involved about Morgan being violent in direction of Lisa for a while, alleged Mr Hassall.
Opening the prosecution, the barrister stated the 2 had been in a relationship for some years.
He performed CCTV of Morgan and Lisa taking a bus from York to Malton on April 24. They arrived at Malton Bus Station at 8.30pm and walked to a path subsequent to the bus station which fits alongside the river financial institution the place they stayed collectively alone for 2 and a half hours.
At 11.05pm a pub employee strolling residence alongside the river path got here throughout them on the financial institution between the bench and the bridge. Lisa was mendacity on the bottom “inches” from the water along with her toes in direction of the trail, claimed the barrister.
Morgan advised the pubworker to not name police, so she referred to as her ex-partner.
The environment modified, alleged Mr Hassall, Morgan shouted “she’s within the water” and requested the pub employee to name 999.
Her ex-partner, who had arrived inside minutes, went into the water to try to rescue Lisa, who was a foot beneath the floor, alleged Mr Hassall.
Morgan and a police officer additionally went into the water and Lisa was pulled out.
Her coronary heart had stopped. Paramedics resuscitated her however she died in hospital.
The trial continues.
