Overview
- Jurors heard Trudi Burgess’s pre‑recorded testimony, in which she described being forced face down and feeling sensation leave her body as her neck was pushed forward.
- Court audio included the 999 call where Easom said she had fallen out of bed, and evidence that she initially told paramedics they had been play‑fighting before later alleging a deliberate assault.
- Prosecutors say an orthopaedic expert will testify the injuries are inconsistent with a fall from a bed and would be more akin to a fall from 15 to 20 feet.
- Easom has pleaded guilty to two prior assaults on Burgess in 2021 and January 2025, which the prosecution cites as part of a pattern of violence.
- Burgess, a mother of two, is tetraplegic and requires 24‑hour specialist care after the February 17 incident at Easom’s home in Chipping, Lancashire.