Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  Ko tētahi kaiwhakawā rorohiko i patu i tana kaumeahine, ā, tata tonu ki te mawhiti i muri i tana whakatakoto i tētahi mahi huna, kua herea mō ngā tau e rima. I kii a Edward Metcalfe ko te matenga o Tracey Topliss, 47, he aitua pouri i muri i tana hinganga i nga pikitanga i to ratau kaainga i Hall Green, Birmingham. I whakatauhia ano e te whakamomori i mate ia i te aitua, engari i muri i te korero a te hoa o te patunga ki nga pirihimana mo te tutu o te whanau i roto i te whanaungatanga, ka tirotirohia ano e nga pirihimana te keehi ka whakawakia a Metcalfe mo te kohuru. Ko Edward Metcalfe, matau, e rima tau e mauheretia ana i muri i te matenga o tana hoa, a Tracey Topliss, maui. I te tīmatanga i kiia ko tōna matenga he tūtukitanga. I tenei ra i muri i te whakawakanga i te Kooti Karauna o Birmingham, i whakawakia ia mo te kohuru engari i whakawakia mo te kohuru o tana hoa mo nga tau 13 ka herea. I rongo te kōti i te matenga o Miss Topliss, he kaimahi National Grid, i te 15 o Whiringa-ā-rangi i te tau 2013 i te kāinga o te tokorua. I inu rāua ko Metcalfe, 36, i muri i tana whiwhinga i te rongo i kitea ai tōna whaea he mate pukupuku. Ko Hugh O'Brien Quinn, te kaiwhakawā, i mea i muri i te whakamātautau tuatahi, i whakatauhia ko te matenga o Miss Topliss he aitua. I kii te kaiwhakawa ki a Metcalfe, i whakaahuatia, ko tana whanonga he 'katoa whaiaro' ana i whakaatu ia i te 'kore o te ripeneta' Heoi, i kii ia: 'I tae noa ki te whakapiri atu a Mrs Sharon Wade ki nga pirihimana ka korero ki a raatau mo ona awangawanga. He hoa pai a ia ki a Tracey Topliss. I amuamu a Miss Topliss ki a ia mō te tūkino ā-whānau mai i tana hoa". I taua wā anō i whakahaerehia ai tētahi whakamātautau tuarua, ā, i rongo te kōti i te āhua o te kitenga a te tohunga mate i tētahi whara ki te rae o te patunga, e ōrite ana ki te whiu kaha. I kii te Kai-whakawa a Paul Farrer QC he'mahi nui a Miss Topliss, he angitu, he tino whakaute i ana hoa mahi ngaio.' I a ia e korero ana ki a Metcalfe, ka tapiritia e ia: 'Kua raru pea tetahi korerorero i waenga i a korua, na reira i riri ai koe. 'I tukuna e koe he patu nui ki te...
I mate a Tracey Topliss i muri i tana hinganga mai i te pikitanga i tōna kāinga i Birmingham. I kī te hoa a Edward Metcalfe he aitua kino te hinganga. I whakatauhia hoki e te whakamātautau whakamomori tuatahi ko te matenga o Miss Topliss he aitua. Engari i kii tetahi hoa ki te pirihimana he hononga kino ta raua tokorua. Ko tētahi atu whakamātautau whakamātautau i whakaatu i a Miss Topliss i patua ki te mata. I mauheretia a Metcalfe, ā, e rima tau e mauheretia ana i muri i tana kitenga i te hara o te patu tangata.