Crowthorne and Sandhurst

A Young man has told a jury how he punched and kicked his father's partner before hurling a brick at her head and killing her.

Nolan Curley of Moray Avenue in Sandhurst said he "lost control" and grabbed 53-year-old Christine Medley by the throat after she urinated on his bed.

Giving evidence at Reading Crown Court, 24-year-old Curley said Miss Medley had made his life hell for months leading up to the attack.

He told a jury how she had stolen from him, kicked him, urinated in his shoes and verbally abused him on a daily basis in his own home.

However, he could not explain why he saw red after the last incident in Sandhurst on March 20 this year.

Curley, who admits manslaughter but denies murder, said he had been in a pub watching a Liverpool v Everton football match before returning to his home in Moray Avenue, Sandhurst.

"I went over the road to the kebab shop to get something to eat and then went straight home," he said.

"I went upstairs and I noticed that there were a few wet patches on the side of the bed.

"I pulled up the duvet cover and underneath was soaking wet. I knew Christine had urinated on it. I went to confront Christine about it. It kept happening, day in, day out and I was really angry about what had happened.

"She came up to me quite aggressively and started calling me a liar. She pushed me and I hit her. She fell backwards on the bed.

"She was struggling to get up and she was waving her arms about and she was kicking out."

He continued: "I hit her again and grabbed her by the throat. I kept hitting her in the head and face.

"I don't know what happened. I just lost control. She fell to the floor and I kicked her quite a few times to the body and to the head.

"There was a wine bottle and a pint glass on the side. I threw both at her. The glass smashed on her head."

Curley then left his step-mum bleeding in the bedroom while he went outside and picked up a brick.

"I was leaving the house and was walking over the patio when I saw the brick. I picked it up and went back inside. Christine was on the floor bleeding. I think she was unconscious. I threw the brick at her.

"I don't know what I was thinking at the time. It hit her. It was a terrible thing to do. I can't believe I did it and I'm very sorry."

ic Berkshire ~ Sandhurst ~ Nov 10 2005