Court hears woman accused of murdering her partner

A woman tried for the murder of her former partner had asked police to withdraw a complaint they had filed against him in the hours before his murder, the court was told.

Julie Ann McIlwaine, 33, of Hazel Close in Lagmore, west Belfast, is charged with the murder of Jim Crossley, 38, in Dunmurry on March 2, 2022.

The jury at Coleraine Courthouse was shown PSNI bodycam footage from that night on Friday.

In the footage, Ms McIlwaine told police that James Crossley had “almost killed” her six months earlier.