A woman accused of murdering an army veteran in Andover is heard saying in an audio clip that she wanted to "murder" someone.
Winter Swan-Miller is on trial at Winchester Crown Court charged with the murder of Stuart Maxwell Crocker, 62, who was found dead at The Signals, in New Street, Andover, on June 28, last year.
Police investigations found that veteran Mr Crocker might have been killed in the early hours of June 23, but was only discovered five days later when a neighbour phoned 999 concerned for his welfare.
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The trial has entered its fifth week as the prosecution spent the whole of Monday, June 17, playing audio clips of conversations between Mr Crocker and Swan-Miller.
Transcriptions of the audio clips were given to jurors as they listened to the nature of conversations between the two in the days leading up to the alleged murder.
Some of the conversations were of a romantic nature, while they sometimes turned into arguments with both shouting at each other.
In one of the clips, Swan-Miller was heard saying she wanted to "murder" someone.
In another clip, Mr Crocker can be heard asking Swan-Miller whether she was raped in his house.
"I want to ask you a simple question," Mr Crocker was heard as saying.
"It's a yes or no answer. I don't want you to tell me a story. Just answer yes or no.
"Do you think you were raped in my house?"
"No," said Swan-Miller in response.
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In another audio clip, Mr Crocker was heard saying he thinks Swan-Miller is the most beautiful woman in Andover, but the conversation also turns into an argument with the defendant asking whether he wants to kick her out of his house.
To which, he says no.
"I don't want to kick you out," Mr Crocker was heard saying.
Swan-Miller denies the charge of murder and the trial continues.
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