The 11 harrowing words of a domestic abuse victim said weeks before he was murdered
It was less than a month before his death that dad Gary Morgan, suffering domestic abuse, uttered the 11 harrowing words.
Graphic designer Jason Keating had initially formed a friendship with Gary after seeking the tradesman's services back in 2019. He bumped into his mate while the latter was working on a house near Sefton Park in the early spring. And Gary was far from the only person who had predicted it. The dad had been told the same by various members of his "close knit" family time and time again over the previous 12 months.
Kerry Toner, Diane's daughter, thought he "would end up being killed or end up retaliating and end up in jail". And Gary had also repeatedly raised his concerns with Walsh via texts."I can't stay with you. I'll end up seriously injured."Mr Morgan told Walsh: "Every time we go in the flat, there's no-one to stop the murder. To be honest, I'm scared of what you'll do.
A trial at Liverpool Crown Court heard of his excitement ahead of their first meeting, and how he had tasked his family with tidying their home in Prescot to make a good impression on his new love interest. The pair hit it off and, within a short space of time, he had for all intents and purposes moved out and gone to live with Walsh at the bungalow she shared with her dad on Lavan Close in Everton.
A somewhat bizarre incident in the autumn of last year proved to be the catalyst in him opening up. The couple had been due to stay at a hotel one night, but Mr Morgan drunkenly fell asleep in the lift. Mr Morgan told her "my Mrs has attacked me". Later, when Ms Gerrish was giving him a lift home, he described how Walsh had "jeopardized" his attempts to resume contact with his child after she had become "verbally abusive towards the mother of his daughter".
"Don't want a flat with you so you can lock me in there and try and stab me. I'm getting you done for this and biting my arm." "He said about issues that he'd been having with an ex. He just said she'd attacked him at the weekend and she'd punched him with a knife. Walsh meanwhile falsely stated she was pregnant and threatened to kill herself. She asked Mr Morgan to look after her two adopted sons and said she would be "looking down on them".
Walsh was said to have become paranoid at who Gary had been speaking to on the phone. Then, at 10.35pm, he changed his Facebook cover photo to one of him and her to a picture of only himself. "I seen the girl's hand go up to the boy, he seemed to jerk back. If they were playing around or arguing, I couldn't really say."
Gary Morgan was rushed to the Royal Liverpool Hospital in a critical condition, but was declared dead shortly after midnight. When Walsh, who by now was in custody at Wavertree Road Police Station, was informed she "became extremely upset, slumped down and started crying"."Sometimes I do things I can't remember. But we're all only human."
A smaller knife wound was discovered to his upper left arm. And Mr Morgan has sustained a minor cut to his neck. "So I went into the kitchen, just to get out the way, and then he’s come in and started grabbing me. He’s screaming in my face, pushing me - so I picked up a knife, but he’s had hold of me.
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