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Thursday, January 27th, 2005 No. 6,185 news and views frbni the Centre ojf lhe Kingdom


Award in Tim’s memory


‘I hate you’ said bride charged murdering


Both had had a great deal of drink by Court Reporter


A NEWLYWED knifed her hus­ band to death just a week after they returned from honeymoon, a


jury heard. Catherine Osliffe claimed he had


stabbed himself during a row, but dying husband Roger (35), told a paramedic “Gath’s done it.” The prosecution allege that the 34-


year-old college lecturer was enraged that he had thrown flowers over her. Neighbours heard her shouting dur­


ing the small hours; “You don’t under­ stand how much these flowers mean to


me.” Later she told him; “We have only ,


been together for a week and I hate you already. I hate you. I can t stand


you.” Osliffe of Green Park, Whalley,


denies murdering her husband of five


weeks on June 6th last year. The couple had lived together


around two years before marrying on


April 30th last year. The Osliffes - both of whom had


^ Michael Shorrock QC (prosecuting) said; “The relationship between Mr and Mrs Osliffe was a stormy and volatile one with frequent arguments


been married before and had children with former partners - returned from honeymoon a t the end of May, about seven days before he met his death.


MR OSLIFFE


and loss of temper. Their next door neighbours on the other half of the semi-detached house would frequently hear shouting and screaming coming from next door, through the party


wall.” I t appeared the rows were usually


fuelled by drink. That evening they argued, appar­


ently over her going out with a female friend and what she intended to wear. She had earlier received flowers from


her mother and a further dispute arose over who had sent them to her. They both met up later staying at a nightclub until closing time.


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and a row started while they were going home or had reached home. It seemed that Roger Osliffe stayed


downstairs and she was woken when he entered the room and threw a vase of flowers over her, emptying the flow­ ers and contents on the bed. She then went downstairs to rearrange them. Mr Shorrock said; “The prosecution


case in a nutshell is that she was so enraged by what had happened that she took a kitchen knife upstairs and stabbed him once, which resulted in


his death later that morning.” About half-an-hour later, she tele­


phoned the emergency services to report that her husband had stabbed himself and told the police the same. On the way to hospital, a paramedic


treating. Mr Osliffe managed to speak to him as he was regaining conscious­


ness from time to time. He asked the injured man why he


had stabbed himself, but Mr Osliffe


answered “I didn’t.” He went on to add “Cath s done it. He also said “I was in bed. I woke


up and she had stabbed me.” On arriving at hospital, he repeated


that his wife had stabbed him. His condition deteriorated and he died


later that morning. The wound to the left shoulder was


7cm. deep causing him to bleed to


death. A girl who saw the aftermath of the


MRS OSLIFFE


fatal stabbing told police that the defendant was “bawling her eyes out


at the house. The youngster, who cannot be iden­


tified because of her age, said in a taped interview; “She kept mumbling things under her breath. She was say­ ing things, but they wouldn t come


out.” She noticed what she called a ,


“stream of blood” all the way down the stairs and blood drops in the


kitchen. She saw Mr Osliffe bleeding from his


left shoulder. Under cross examination, via a vide-


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olink system at the court, defence counsel Mr Paul Reid QC asked if she could be more certain about a com­ ment Mr Osliffe was said to have


made. He queried whether it was, look


what you have made me do” or “look what you have done to me”. The girl said; “No, I can’t be more certain. I am still puzzled as to what


he said.” The jury has also heard a tape


recording of the 999 call made by the defendant. In it, she said her husband had pushed the knife into himseU. On Tuesday, jurors heard evidence that Mr Osliffe told a paramedic that


his wife was responsible. Mr Osliffe (35), is said to have made


the remark during conversation with ambulance technician David Mansell en-route to hospital. The jury also heard that Mr Osliffe s


wife had been in a hysterical state, cry­ ing and screaming when the ambu­ lance arrived at their home in the early


hours. Mr Mansell told the jury on Tues­


day that he arrived at the scene to find Mr Osliffe lying on the kitchen floor. There was blood all over the kitchen and his wife was hysterical, crying and


screaming. Mr Osliffe, who had lost a lot of


blood, was in shock and looked very poorly.


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