Man denies police station murder

A man accused of murdering his ex-girlfriend in a police station car park said 'someone's got to die' the night before she died, a court has heard.

Nahed Akhter, 41, denies stabbing the mother of his three children, Yvonne Heap, to death in Cowley, Oxford, last year, but admits manslaughter.

The court also heard of two mobile phone calls involving Mr Akhter and Ms Heap at the time of the incident.

The retrial in Oxford follows a jury's failure to reach a verdict in November.

He kept going, 'someone's got to die' and he repeated it so many times David Innes

Ms Heap died from 12 stab wounds to the head, face, neck, chest, hands and legs suffered in the car park of Cowley Police Station on 26 April last year.

A written statement by Ms Heap's sister, Margaret Carney, told how she had been called by Mr Akhter from outside the police station.

He told her he had just seen Yvonne in a car with two men, and then she heard him approach the car.

She heard him say: "Is that what's going on? Is that who he is?" the court heard.

"It's not finished, it's never going to finish," and finally, "Yvonne, you could do with a shave."

Ms Carney then ran out of the house to the police station, the jury heard.

'Needed help'

Ms Heap's boyfriend Ian Hunkins told the court how he rang to check on her and heard the end of a conversation followed by screaming.

David Innes, a friend of Mr Akhter for 20 years, said the defendant had become very upset the day before when they went out for a drink together.

He said Mr Akhter told him he had discovered Ms Heap had lied to their son about where she was that night.

"He kept going, 'someone's got to die' and he repeated it so many times," Mr Innes said.

He said he felt Mr Akhter needed help.

Mr Akhter was not an aggressive man and his children were very important to him, he added.

The trial continues.