Raymond Williams has gone on trial accused of murdering his estranged wife, Tania Williams.
Tania Williams (Image: Ian Mackie)
The 49-year-old mother-of-four was found “lying in a pool of blood” near Catherine Gardens in Thorpe St Andrew before police were called at 11.41pm on January 17 this year.
A jury panel of eight men and six women at Norwich Crown Court have heard her throat had been “repeatedly slashed”.
The court heard Williams had separated from his wife but was “consumed by jealousy” and “unable to come to terms with her new life as a single woman”.
Williams was said to be “lying in wait” for Ms Williams when she returned home from a night out on her own in Norwich.
Raymond Williams (Image: Social media)
On Friday (July 31), Charles Myatt continued his opening of the prosecution’s case and said traces of Ms Williams’ blood was found in the defendant’s white Vauxhall Corsa car.
The prosecutor said the substance was found inside the driver door window, steering wheel, gear stick and handbrake of Williams’ car.
Jurors were told the car was picked up on Yarmouth Road, near Catherine Gardens, by footage including dashcam, but had left the area by 11.47pm.
He said the same car was picked up by Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) cameras driving across the city that night at 11.40pm, 11.42pm and 11.47pm.
Mr Myatt said Williams, who has denied murder and answered “no comment” to police during his police interviews, made efforts to “cover his tracks” before he was arrested in the early hours of January 18 at Dereham Road where he lived.
This included discarding clothing and other items in a series of trips Williams made down streets and alleyways near his home, including Bond Street, prior to his arrest.
Mr Myatt said it might also be claimed by Williams that he had a Whopper meal with Diet Coke at the Sweetbriar Road branch of Burger King which was paid for in cash sometime between 10pm and midnight on January 17.
But the prosecutor said jurors might hear from the manager of the branch that no such transaction happened between those times on that night.
He said: “We say once you’ve heard all the evidence you can be sure and you will be able to find him guilty of Tania Willams’ murder.”
Williams, who is represented by Stephen Rose KC, has denied murder.
The trial continues.
