Overview
- Nimalarajah Mathiyadaranam is on trial at Liverpool Crown Court accused of murdering Nilani Nimalarajah in a Bootle shop, a charge he denies.
- Jurors viewed police bodycam footage in which the couple's 17-year-old daughter said her father stabbed her mother and pleaded with officers not to let him off because he had been drinking.
- The defendant wiped away tears as the video played, and several jurors appeared visibly upset, according to the court report.
- The prosecution alleges at least 18 stab wounds aimed at the chest and head, with CCTV and evidence of knife and duct tape purchases, a disguise at Asda, and bus travel to the scene indicating planning.
- The defence argues intoxication undermined intent, while prosecutors note existing restraining orders and say he drank whisky and ingested pesticide after the killing.