Liam Elms, 41, is accused of a brutal assault on Paul Lavery. Elms denies both murder and manslaughter
A man on trial for the murder of his uncle has denied the charge, insisting to jurors "I loved him". Liam Elms, 41, is accused of a brutal assault on Paul Lavery, allegedly dragging him out of his flat by his legs "like rubbish" and leaving him dying in the street.
While being cross-examined by his defence attorney Michael Brady KC, Elms recounted how he returned to his uncle's residence around 11.30pm on January 23 following an evening out with his girlfriend. Upon arrival, he noticed the disappearance of approximately £80 from a paper bag and the presence of unopened vodka bottles in the flat, reports the Liverpool Echo.
He said: "He wanted to keep carrying on drinking. We argued over it... I slapped him in the face. was bleeding."Elms refuted the accusation that he dragged his uncle downstairs, insisting that his uncle fell while exiting the flat and that he merely carried him down before leaving him outside, intending to call for an ambulance. However, he did not make the call "because the police turned up".
"He appeared to the police to be very drunk. He said he was the carer for the injured male, who was his uncle. He told his uncle to 'f*** off' and said he couldn't come back inside the property. Unsurprisingly, the police decided to speak to Mr Elms. They went upstairs and knocked on the door. Mr Elms refused to open the door, instead kicking at it from the inside."
"Meanwhile, the police had spoken to someone called Deborah McKay. She said she had been in the flat. She is a friend of Mr Lavery's, and she had seen the assault on Paul Lavery by Liam Elms. She heard him say he was going to kill him. Mr Elms was arrested for attempted murder."
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