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Dr Jason Waite on Trial Over Alleged Fatal Push of Stepfather in Inheritance Feud

Jurors heard 999 calls alongside pathology findings that prosecutors say link a fall to fatal brain injuries.

Overview

  • Prosecutors allege Waite grabbed 87-year-old Peter Skilton by the jacket and pushed him along a gravel drive at Ivy House in Snitterby as tenants moved in.
  • Witnesses Anthony and Pamela Tootell phoned 999, and Mrs Tootell was recorded saying, "He's pushed him right over, he's gone backwards."
  • Pathologist Dr Michael Biggs said the death followed brain injuries consistent with striking the back of the head, with no recent injuries indicating a prolonged struggle.
  • Skilton was airlifted to Hull Royal Infirmary, placed in an induced coma, and died two days later on 19 December.
  • Waite, 54, denies murder and an alternative manslaughter charge, while the prosecution cites recovered messages reflecting animosity during a six-year probate dispute after a recent High Court ruling.