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Roy Barclay Dumped Anita Rose’s Phone and Searched Murder Probe, Court Hears

Ms Rose died at Addenbrooke’s Hospital after a vicious assault near Brantham sewage works.

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Overview

  • CCTV shows Barclay entering a seating area in Ipswich town centre and leaving without Ms Rose’s phone three days after the July 24 attack.
  • Police traced the phone’s activation at an iMobile shop in Ipswich and briefly detained an unsuspecting man before releasing him without charge.
  • Digital forensics revealed Barclay’s July 25 searches for prisons on Google Maps, visits to Suffolk Constabulary’s Facebook page and clicks on news articles about the murder probe.
  • Prosecutors described Ms Rose’s assault as vicious and brutal, detailing multiple kicks, stamps and blows that led to her death the following day.
  • Barclay, 56, denies the murder charge and remains on trial at Ipswich Crown Court as presentation of evidence continues.