A father-of-six who was allegedly murdered on Christmas Day by his “abusive” ex-partner told a friend he was scared of her and feared “something bad” would happen to him if he did not leave the relationship, a court has heard.
Kirsty Carless, 33, is accused of plunging a knife into 31-year-old Louis Price’s heart in the early hours of December 25 2024 in an attack “motivated by anger and jealousy and fuelled by cocaine and alcohol” after a friend sent her a picture of his dating profile on Tinder, Stafford Crown Court heard.
