Man accused of murdering girlfriend, 22, sent her WhatsApp saying 'please die' weeks beforehand
A man accused of murdering his girlfriend claims he realised how much she meant to him after another woman he was sleeping with revealed she was pregnant. Kevin Mannion, 45, denies murdering Elinor O'Brien, 22, at an apartment in Manchester city centre on August 16.
"She was quite drunk, kicking and screaming the door down," he said. "I was asleep at first, I woke up. I said, you can't come round like this, it's not acceptable. She wouldn't listen, she was trying to barge past me." Mr Mannion told the court that the second occasion followed an argument in April 2022, after Elinor had stayed out following a baby shower until 7am, when she had told him she would return at 1am. The defendant said Elinor had collected his dry cleaning and kept it inside her car, but wouldn't let him pick it up ahead of a night out.
Mr Mannion admitted he was a 'noisy neighbour' and that he would often shout at people, including Elinor. "It's just the way I am," he said. "Sometimes in an argument I was shouting at Elinor, sometimes just naturally too." Defending, Francis Fitzgibbon KC asked his client if he did want Elinor to die. Mr Mannion said 'no', insisting 'it was just a stupid argument'.
The defendant insisted the news of the pregnancy had given him 'perspective' about how he really felt about Elinor, and that he wanted to take things more seriously. "It just really affected her and affected our relationship," Mr Mannion said.
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