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Lynda Roughley & Olivia Williams

First picture of man accused of murdering partner

This is the man accused of murdering his partner after she was found dead in a house.

Robert Massey is alleged to have murdered 49-year-old Jacqueline Forrest and also attempting to murder two men. The body of Ms Forrest was found at a house in Piele Road in Haydock on the morning of Wednesday, August 31.

A post mortem revealed the cause of death as blunt force trauma to the head and manual asphyxiation by strangulation or suffocation. Massey, 43, of Piele Road appeared for the first time at Liverpool Crown Court via video link from prison today, Monday, September 5.

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He is accused of murdering Ms Forrest on August 30 and attempting to murder Anthony Paul Murphy and Graham Roberts on August 31. He did not apply for bail and the Recorder of Liverpool, Judge Andrew Menary, QC, formally refused bail and further remanded him in custody until October 3 when he is expected to enter his pleas.

A date for his trial, listed to last between seven and ten days, was provisionally fixed to begin on February 6.

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