The trial of three accused for the murder of fourteen-year-old schoolboy is underway. The jury visited the cemetery where the victim was found. One of the witnesses claimed one of the suspects admitted "doing someone in."
On the fourth day of the murder case trial, the judge and prosecution and defense teams visited and inspected the part in Upperby Cemetery in Carlisle where the body of Jordan Watson, 14 was uncovered, according to News and Star UK. Jurors also examined the Manor Road where, according to a dog walker he saw a pushbike being raised over the cemetery wall.
Kenneth Jones told the court that around 11:00pm on June 15, he was walking along the road near the graveyard when he saw someone pushing a bike over the roadside wall. He saw two young men, and he clearly identified for the jury as Brahnn Finley, 19, of Furze Street, off London Road, Carlisle and Daniel Johnston, 20, of Petteril Bank Road, Harraby. The murder was believed to be intentional and carried out by George Thomson, 19, of Upperby Road. Thomson recruited Finley and Johnston.
Meanwhile, the same site reported that on the third day trial, a former school friend of one of the accused of Watson murder said he told her he and another of the accused men had "done someone in".
Kayleigh Parkin, 19, gave her testimony that around 1:00am on June 16, she had talked to Finley on the telephone. She sensed that Finley was anxious because "he said the night before, him and Dan had done somebody in."
The court also told how Patricia Smith who lives near the cemetery heard a "scream of fear." She told the police that while she was watching TV at about 11.30pm with windows open, she heard a very loud scream from the rear of her property. The evidence of Smith was read to the court, the source said.
BBC held that Watson, 14, was found dead on June 15 in a secluded area of Upperby Cemetery in Carlisle, Cumbria. Authorities said he was subjected to a "brutal and sustained attack." Main suspect Thomson used sharp instruments in the attack. Autopsy revealed the victim received at least nine deep, incised wounds, with one penetrating through his neck tissues to his spine.
Prosecutor Simon Medland QC informed the court that the motive was obsessive desire to Watson's girlfriend, BBC added.
Thomson and co-defendants Finley and Johnston plead not guilty to murder as the trial continues.
