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THURSDAY. JULY 10. 19BSK‘HE STILL LOVES HER,’ SAYS COUNSELWifeongranted decree nisi ground of crueltyA decree nisi was awarded tajover minor Vera Marjorie Junor, 51. nee-ters.Eon in in ell of 7 Berth Road, Man-! He said he knewunnecessary mat-1bit taken , aback, he said. When, drink he returned to the room |contrary to an agreement Law-,to find the door locked. He '.v.i-Karen be- rence and Paul Fraser slept at|-annoyed at being locked out antsm |deville, by Mr. Juslice Graham-; fore the marriage but there was.his Christiana home and then;lle *-r3ed to oper. jt with a chair.Perkins in the divorce ceuri yes-no reason for him to be fon-i the next day v.’er.t off to Blue-’Petitioner- va? * t'epi’o-|of her or to dislike her.“I did-fields. Westmoreland to with 'tening.chr:Witness said that lor about lerj mmutes he called to his wife-senled bv Mr. I.cacrnft Robinsnninot flave much contact with'tening. ™;n 10 op,:'n tne d00r’ F-n«Lia;Q'C- and Mr. David Muirhead,;^” he said , .' Respondent said that on May tonn. 111st me ted by Miss Daisv Chair.-' After. the weddill« hlt;? £°t 30 2- came home to find his fihrub growtez beside the vc-i- bers of Chambers, and Bunnv tenow her better arid observed .wife in bed with a broken ank'e j -nndnh When' she opened the ,f Respondent. David AUamottli^'-1 had “0 ^labie manners. Sh-.which she told him she got when;door “I gave her a whack on d Junor, 611. Produce dealer of pu‘ der .knife and fork aside:she stepped on a “sleeping po-Ithe bottom with IiBrown's Town Si- Ann who wWanc‘ used fler Lagers on her liceman at Silver Sands the- He said petitioner ran outside Mr Emil'Gcof'e 00-' he Said' Saturday night before, and! and went to the cottage nextWtlprepresented byand Mr. R. N. Heniques“She wgnot impertinent or “turned over her ankle.” His! d?°r but he did nc-t pursue her-structerl nr Y, rude to me sbe ^ not wife also told him that Law- ] He said he did not intend tsMessrs LJ pin - of (friendly type of child!f She d-d rence had driven her home to j bra\. hiSt\ Hc :* VQrJ'^d~toSpallt;!'ros,slt;i Bel1’ WaS Ct'der~!r-ot treit him badly until after Christiana an.J that Fraser had’The ' ‘ - j she returned from Canada whe-e driven Karen to Christiana.he nrVm-rUp‘. S3‘d slle had gone to spend Summer; This, ne prefci red the evidence of Mrs- 1906Junor. .He found as a fact that ailmuch and apologised to her. he said. He added that he had nev-. er hit. her at anv other time, he said, did not please Petitioner returned to theirhim. Later he told Lawrence that;cottage at about 6.30 a.m thethe ' N............. Wltness 831(3 Karen about that on no occasion whatsoever should1 folic wing t Mondavi morning.one t.j , *!l cruelty, except time stopped calling him Uncle.he bring back Fraser to the/Over the next two weeks theof**’ °,eef estab3;shed. He Ally”. And he told his wile L-vhome. Witness said he told his; relationship gradually returtned11 Z^nhSi-^f th3t rcspondf:nt had-tGl! her daughter to stop hiss-wife it was “pretty obvious you pe.itioner a verv severe, ing him goodnight. He did this.are in love with this boy co-'-Mp!n''' 'at Silver Sands. because on each occasionRespondent has been guilty'goodnight kiss used toof cruelty to his wife and she prompted by his wife who must therefore have her free-: 30 ask Karen if she wasdom”, he said-BitternessHis Lordship _caid. hovvcgoing to kiss Uncle- Alty.the! Lawrence who was not present be when he said that to his wife, had'told him he would not be re-not turning.On August 7, 1967 he was ly-- in bed in Christiana listen-that ho could'not resisV^eel'fiiiSLSn^' ^ ™a certain sympathy for or. “If everMr.TitleI,, i, . v/hen his wife askeduun- rum to turn the radio, off so annoyed marriage was -*■ - ■ doomed fo failure from tr... - -ne start,this was ( !_ He added that the events lead-- mg up to the divorce proceedings I had generated some bitterness '■•and said that now-that it was o-j ended, he hoped the parties would not allow “that bitterness to mar the rest of their lives.Most or yesterday morning saw • ir. Robinson cross examining respondent-On Tuesday respondent told Mr. Justice Griham-Perkins the I there, had been* no disastrous in-Cicents in lii.s six-year-old marriage.Respondent spent all day m tion Wof**S £°.x udth the cxcep-f?w minutes in the morning when Mr. George completed cross-examination of th* witness Karen Kirkham, 16, daughter of the petitioner by a previous marriage.In his opening remarks, Mr. George said the respondent reels this marriage should not c-me to an end. He loves his wife and is convinced she did love him too. There were-problems, Mr. George said, but res-• pondent felt those were not in-;surmountable. Ke had refrained ■from filing a cross petition and was prepared to go by “for bet ! ter, for worse.” jRespondent said he married! n. petitioner or. July 9, ig63, and l'»long .went to live at Christiana. On! ham,Witness said his wife refused to put his name on the title for the Silver Sands cottage and that him. He had putthat Karen could watch a tele- j-1.500 at the start and was prevision programme. Witness said'pared to “ride £1.500” but couldnot afford, to ride £3,500 unpro-he v/cnt to the sitting room and then. turned off the radio. His wife turned on the television and he went back to lie down. After a while, witness-said, he got up and walked on the back verandah. He noticed then thatected.' (That sum of £3.500 is what he had eventually spent or. the cottage.)Witness said he was prepared to ride the £1.500 unprotected so as to build up in his wifethere was no one in the sitting’— u'ho bad. according to room watching television. ° sh? tnld him, been robbed/hat into normal.October 4 was her birthday, lie said, and at about 10 o’clock he gave her a birthday present — a cheque for £25- She told him. Thanks very much’. She appeared pleased and gave him a kiss on (be cheek.Respondent said he was get-• irsg ready to leave Brown's Town for Kingston. He packed his suitcase and threw himself on the bed She also came to lie on the bed and they h-ad sex.Later he left with Val Parnell for Kingston with -the agreement having been reached that peti-.loner remain with Parnell's wife until respondent returned on Thursday. But respondent did not return or. Thursday. He re- ; turned on Friday after having been delayed and found a note (exhibit three) on bis desk. The note displeased him- He tried toI turned it off and * turned previous money transaction' evenlxm'cn tfte radio and went back to with her first husband — a con-rr.y room and listened to the .fiance m him (respondent).:radio. Th? programme ended on .When she refused to put his: _ So he drove to their Chris-th-e radio. I returned to the sit-:name cn t3ie UUe he drove off ‘ions homo, and. peering through ting -room to turn it off when!3nd 3eld her in Silver Sands on ;._v’''.ndi°w with the aid of a 1 sa-v Karen .watching the tele-!SePlember 10, hut he re- m.ignl, he saw petitioner and-vision picture without sound jturned the next day. .;''ar*“ 1!?b'• h’s request 'he1 turned off Wh 1ni- j'-penec the door. Hc asked herdio.” • a ra*i With regard to petitioner's al-:W,'-|T -lie had rot an.sv.-ered the tele-Witness said he might have Ie£;'ti;,n that he had hit hiT on ' °nci s,d ?he“ had • -- the buttock, respondent said itrang without an answerphoneimoprfirent little- - snd -that the sooner she real-'•'.ftd -this house is mine, the better.Karen was put inheard it ring. He asked whv s'-had left Brown's Towr. Pltho:i-h , i i i j i j .he had phoned from Kincsl “ !towel, and he had had no m- ,^r t0 waj. f0,.me. she replied that she hadhad been a playful flick withtcntion to hurt her. He did yboardin« that she ru,:ii5«d her bottom a - remised Karen to come for her.school in Brown's Town and ne‘*,-t: siie fo;t_a sting. But on the Karen ”f!ev/ out of her roomI'elieveri Petitioner visited her is0ubsfdueni 3°':rneF from SilverIU ____ J-I 1 . . . . V CnnWc in WrriurnY TrltlTl C r. LI urOi-there often hut'he did‘not take Sands Brrjwn's Town' she was !t”’r exception .to those visits not hostile to him, and they ateWitness said that when 'his together and slept in the same •wife went to a doctor it was:bed.h s opinion that she w'ent jn: ‘-Yi September 17 they were respect of “flushes she was:',ain a‘- Silver Sards when he having. I crked her if she would have• ex v/i‘.h him and he got theTestinoouy then turned to therepression from her that .-.ould. (There hrc been no sex-^ ,iai ralst: or ships for eight weeks; ef Paul Fraser who j be fere thal.'W!?.b Lawrence Kirk* “I Jay on rav bed- She came ih« ^ , - --- — petitioner’s 20-year-old ki fr-'m tee b-thrc-'m ?-- je/enmg of July 13 ho wrs’soo, vssitod tfaeir cottage at SU-; reminded her. She said, “Comevr-r In inv bed’re.-pondent said sr.d shouted ■you monster, you monster, I hate you.’ At this respondent *3id he boxed her. oner, palm in her face. He did not pull her hair out. He shook her by the head. He told petitioner to* pack Karen’s bag and take her back M'yidevilte. He did not tell ‘ his wife to pack your hag snd “o.’’ He did not beat her' with a belt. He had no revolver on bis person that night although he owns one.having a d.rink with his wife j ver Sands in March, 1967ri™ K™ caileri her and shfj! tdQught Fraser was’ most left him for 15 -or 20 minutes, .unopwth.” witness -said. “Aft^r On her return- he querried whvimy wife introduced me to him. she had stayed away so long: he eat on the ray of the ve-but while he spoke louder rancah. picking hig’toe, arid'-'ln mis wife then, he did. not abus?.tbat pcsrtion right opposite' me. She iriid not seem to .bc'I could see his testicles. He hadgo.'.her.suffering mentally. On the • con- on a very tight fitting swim-trary she appeared “vDyy fit,” suit. Respondent said that to be said. ^ Jiis mind th“t showed a com-Hc said petitioner “knows :: plete lack of respect.he quarrelled Some time later, he was aMr. George witness how hcnot true that“Dd you asked.“Very quickly, sir,foiled to laughter.V/ijtnsss then related was renujsed- .-linefeed oustHe s;--:d he made, another st-‘empt v/it.h the same result. He 'eft the bed, went to the .pantry •nd poured himself g shot of -cveb. topic it out fo (he verandah and sat down. Finishinq, theRespondent said he returned fo Brown’s Town that same night red though he expected her the following day she did not turn up. He returned to Christiana on October 11 but she had left. She ’’ever came beck in spite of sev-—al attempts to get her to do •n. Even after the suit was filed he was still trying to get her o return.At this stage the adjournment was taken until 10 o’clock today when it is expected Mr; Rofcin’-•nn will begin his cross-examination.1 * T* rs)
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