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Liverpool Echo
Liverpool Echo
National
Adam Everett

Woman screamed 'there's no way I can get out' before she was strangled to death

A woman was heard screaming "there's no way I can get out" from the balcony of her flat moments before she was allegedly strangled to death by her boyfriend, a court has heard.

Courtney Boorne died, aged 20, on December 23 last year after being found unresponsive at the flat which she shared with her partner Liam Cain, on Quarry Green Heights, in Kirkby. He is currently standing trial at Liverpool Crown Court accused of her murder.

The jury were today played a recording of a police interview with a witness who dialled 999 after reportedly hearing the "conscientious" care worker screaming from the balcony of her top floor apartment. The witness, who was also an occupant of the complex, had been outside putting bin bags into the communal bins at the time.

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