Overview

• A prison psychologist’s report said Suter claimed he took a 12-inch kitchen knife to Crofton Cemetery only to cut flowers because secateurs would crush sunflower stems.
• Prosecutors argue he brought the weapon from home and lay in wait, citing phone GPS data placing him there at 10:30am and 2:30pm before Ann Blackwood arrived at about 3:30pm.
• The court heard he stabbed her in the back with the knife, then used her scissors after the blade broke; a post-mortem found at least 19 neck wounds and no defensive injuries.
• Suter called 999 to confess and later told his second wife he blamed Blackwood for their son’s 2003 suicide, according to evidence read to the court.
• Judge Michael Bowes is expected to give his Newton ruling on November 7, with sentencing listed for November 21, as the defendant remains in custody.