Man claims he accidentally killed woman, jury told
A man accused of murdering a woman then burying her in a makeshift grave said he killed her accidently when he threw an axe at a tree, a jury has heard.
Mr Burfield, who had been in a relationship with her since 2019, denies murder at Preston Crown Court. Mr Burfield, of Todmorden Road, Burnley, told police he had taken Miss Kenyon to Gisburn Forest for a picnic and she had "bet" him he could not hit her can of Coke with his axe.He claimed she had been hit with the back of the axe and she had no other injuries, but the jury heard a post-mortem examination showed she was struck an estimated 12 times.
Mr McLachlan said: "It's the prosecution case that Andrew Burfield had been out on that night on an important mission and that was in order to dig a grave and it was to dig Katie Kenyon's grave.On the morning of her death, the court heard Miss Kenyon messaged Mr Burfield saying: "Ready and excited for a new chapter."
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