A court hears from a young man who, while attempting to stop his mother being stabbed, caught sight of the alleged attacker who 'looked me dead in the face … and I saw it was my father'.
Kerry Whiting has pleaded not guilty to attempted murder of his ex-partner, Natalie Harris, and murder of her boyfriend at the time, Adrian Mayne, in November 2021.
The jury heard evidence from the son of Ms Harris and Mr Whiting. The witness was 16 at the time of the incident and at home with his younger sister. It was while the teenager tried to apprehend the assailant that he "looked me dead in the face and I saw that it was my father." The teenage daughter of Ms Harris and Mr Whiting told the court that in the weeks leading up to the incident, her father became more threatening when he learned Ms Harris had a new partner.In Natalie Harris's pre-recorded evidence, she said her relationship with Mr Whiting lasted around two decades, before ending in July 2021.Following the couple's split, Ms Harris told the court she had become romantically involved with Adrian Mayne, who she met over Facebook.
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