The partner of a woman accused of murdering her newborn baby seconds after she gave birth said he was so engrossed in his X-box game he did not question when she asked for a pair of scissors.
*speechless*
Tunstill, of Wellington Court, Burnley, denies murder after the body of her infant daughter Mia Kelly was found in a kitchen bin with more than 15 stab wounds.
*still speechless*
Mr Kelly told Preston Crown Court he only learned a baby had been born when he returned home from work on Monday January 16 to find police officers searching the bins.
Mr Kelly doesn't seem like the sharpest pair of scissors in the drawer, it must be said...
When she went into the bathroom on January 14, suffering severe stomach pains, he believed it was 'part of the process', he told the court.
In a statement to the police, Mr Kelly, said: “I know it’s difficult to believe but Rachel deals with everything herself.
“She takes all control at all times and I’m better just staying out of the way.
Ah, modern man. Marvel at the sight!
“Every 20 minutes or so I did go and check on her and ask her if she was OK and if she needed anything.
“I asked her if she had thought of ringing a doctor and at one point she did say she might have to. That is all that was said about it.
But never let it be said he's incapable of insight!
“Obviously with hindsight I should have rung an ambulance.”
Ya think..?!?
Ah but don't forget, if he attempted to organise his wife's birthing process, that would probably fall foul of the new domestic abuse laws which outlaw 'controlling & coercive behaviour'.
ReplyDeleteBasically women have demanded that men butt out, and men are doing just that. If women don't like the consequences, hard luck. Their bed, they'll have to lie in it, or make the politicians change the laws. Men aren't going to, even if they wanted to, no-one listens to them anyway.
This is appalling, but the comments imply that the reporting of this hasn't given us the full story. Presumably, the judge ordered mental health reports on the mother, who was probably suffering from some form of psychosis and didn't know what she was doing. Shocking though that this could happen in 2017...
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"Tunstill, a deputy manager at a care home for adults with learning difficulties." Somehow I don't find that reassuring.
ReplyDeleteXX “Obviously with hindsight I should have rung an ambulance.”XX So, IF they EVER get around to sending one, it will be at LEAST three hours later when it arives.
ReplyDelete"Basically women have demanded that men butt out, and men are doing just that. If women don't like the consequences, hard luck."
ReplyDeleteGood point. Modern feminism has a lot to answer for in this case.
"Presumably, the judge ordered mental health reports on the mother..."
It's de riguer these days. Should have ordered some on the father too.
"Somehow I don't find that reassuring."
When you can't tell the staff from the patients, you know something's gone horribly wrong!
"So, IF they EVER get around to sending one, it will be at LEAST three hours later when it arives."
Quite!