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Article: Mother gives evidence in samurai sword murder trial.

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Grantham Journal & Citizen (Grantham, England)
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January 11, 2008
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Friday, 4.30pm - A mother who witnessed one of her sons kill the other while trying to quell a minor dispute told a jury today that she could not believe what happened.

Deanna Mayfield-Sparks, giving evidence on the third day of her 21-year-old son Julian's trial for murdering his brother Corin,18, said that she can now only remember snapshots of the incident at the family home in Bridge End Road, Grantham.

She told the jury that when she gave an account to police three days later she was still in shock.

Mrs Mayfield-Sparks said: "I was in the most extreme shock that anyone could go through. It was total disbelief because I could not believe ...

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