An alleged killer told a jury he was not planning to flee the country to evade justice after police found him with his passport.
Adam Fletcher told Liverpool Crown Court his passport was in a coat pocket because he had taken it to a bank appointment, and said messages from his girlfriend telling him to “get out the country” were not calls for him to try to evade police.
Fletcher allegedly murdered Mr Stenson on Princess Drive on December 19 - only hours after the two met at a party there. After an argument between the two turned into a scuffle and they were asked to go outside, Fletcher is said to have grabbed a kitchen knife from inside the home before hiding it behind his back, pulling Mr Stenson towards him and plunging it into his side.
