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Cannibal murder accused threatened former boyfriend, jury told
06 October 2008
By Mark Lavery
A former Mr Gay UK winner who killed a lover and cooked and chewed pieces of his leg had threatened a former boyfriend with a meat cleaver, a jury heard.
Anthony Morley's ex-partner of six years, Shaun Wood, told Leeds Crown Court Morley flew into a rage and called him a "silly puff" after the pair had rowed about money.
Mr Wood said: "He leapt up and went for me with a meat cleaver, fortunately he fell backwards and didn't get me.
"I was obviously very scared," said Mr Wood. "Immediately afterwards he went upstairs and started smashing his bedroom up and shouting 'I'm psychotic, I am mad get me a doctor.'"
Mr Wood said he called for an ambulance while Morley carried on a wrecking spree in his bedroom.
But when paramedics arrived Morley threatened them with an air rifle and police were called.
Mr Wood told the court he lived with Morley in Guiseley and later Harehills during their relationship between 1996 and 2002.
He said Morley had a drink problem but was "a very caring person" and had never been violent towards him.
Mr Wood said he believed Morley was bi-sexual and had female partners after their relationship ended.
Prosecutors claim Morley brutally stabbed 33-year-old Bramley man, Damian Oldfield, before cutting off pieces of his chest and thigh and frying the leg chunks in olive oil and fresh herbs before tasting one.
Mr Oldfield's naked body was discovered on Morley's bedroom floor in Bexley Avenue, Harehills, Leeds on April 24.
Trained chef Morley had cooked Mr Morley a meal before the two men went to the bedroom then had sex, the court heard
Six pieces of cooked human flesh were discovered on a kitchen chopping board and a piece of chewed flesh was found in a bin bag, the jury was told.
After the attack, Morley walked into a nearby takeaway, wearing just a dressing gown and flip flops, and told staff he had killed someone because they tried to rape him, the court heard.
The jury heard from Nicholas McCarthy, who used to share a house with Mr Oldfield in Bramley.
Mr McCarthy said Damian Oldfield flirted with Morley and said he once saw the two men having sex on the sofa at the house.
But under cross examination from defence counsel Robert Smith QC, Mr McCarthy said he wasn't sure it was Morley having sex with Mr Oldfield because it was dark at the time.
The court heard Mr Oldfield liked sex toys, taking viagra and poppers.
Morley won £1,000 and a holiday to Gran Canaria when he won the first ever Mr Gay competition in 1993.
Another former boyfriend, who cannot be named, denied grooming Morley for sex when he was a teenager and said he waited until he was 18 until they slept together. The witness told the court: "At times Anthony was violent - he would thump me for no reason."
Mr Oldfield's friend Steven Robinson told the court he saw Mr Oldfield in the Queens Court gay bar in Leeds about a month before he died.
Mr Robinson said he was talking to Mr Oldfield when Morley approached him "quite aggressively".
He said: "When he came over he was making comments about how he could 'kill with these hands.'"
Mr Robinson said Mr Oldfield was shocked and tried to calm Morley down but he later approached him again, grabbed him and made the same threats.
He said Mr Oldfield apologised "profusely" and the pair left the bar with their arms around each other.
Mr Oldfield had worked for a company called All Points North selling advertising for 'Bent' magazine.
His boss Darrell Hirst told the court Mr Oldfield was a "fiery" character and had handed his notice in hours before his death because he didn't think he was being paid all the money he was due.
Mr Hirst said Mr Oldfield tried to borrow some cash and then asked for a lift to a TSB branch where he had £9 deposited and could only draw out over the counter.
Mr Hirst said on the way to the bank Mr Oldfield received a text from Morley inviting him for dinner that evening.
Mr Hirst added: "He (Mr Oldfield) was quite excited and I jokingly said: 'Is it going to be coq-au-vin?' And he said: 'I hope so.'"
Mr Hirst continued: "Damian was seeing other people as well at the same time."
The jury was told Mr Oldfield worked on the male escort section of Bent magazine .
Mr Hirst said: "He was talking to different guys all the time, business and pleasure."
Michael Rothwell, the managing director of All Points North said he had know Mr Oldfield for around 10 years from the gay scene.
When asked to describe Mr Oldfield's character, Mr Rothwell said: "He was OK. He would be the sort of person to avoid if he was drunk. I have seen him when he was intoxicated and he wasn't very nice."
Mr Rothwell said Morley had worked in an All Points North business called Bar Fibre as a chef at one point.
When asked about Morley's character, Mr Rothwell said: "I have always got on relatively well with him."
Morley's defence team have said he did kill Mr Oldfield and cook a part of his leg before chewing it and the jury have been told the issue in the trial would be over provocation or abnormality of the mind.
Morley denies murder.
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Cannibal murder accused threatened former boyfriend, jury told
06 October 2008
By Mark Lavery
A former Mr Gay UK winner who killed a lover and cooked and chewed pieces of his leg had threatened a former boyfriend with a meat cleaver, a jury heard.
Anthony Morley's ex-partner of six years, Shaun Wood, told Leeds Crown Court Morley flew into a rage and called him a "silly puff" after the pair had rowed about money.
Mr Wood said: "He leapt up and went for me with a meat cleaver, fortunately he fell backwards and didn't get me.
"I was obviously very scared," said Mr Wood. "Immediately afterwards he went upstairs and started smashing his bedroom up and shouting 'I'm psychotic, I am mad get me a doctor.'"
Mr Wood said he called for an ambulance while Morley carried on a wrecking spree in his bedroom.
But when paramedics arrived Morley threatened them with an air rifle and police were called.
Mr Wood told the court he lived with Morley in Guiseley and later Harehills during their relationship between 1996 and 2002.
He said Morley had a drink problem but was "a very caring person" and had never been violent towards him.
Mr Wood said he believed Morley was bi-sexual and had female partners after their relationship ended.
Prosecutors claim Morley brutally stabbed 33-year-old Bramley man, Damian Oldfield, before cutting off pieces of his chest and thigh and frying the leg chunks in olive oil and fresh herbs before tasting one.
Mr Oldfield's naked body was discovered on Morley's bedroom floor in Bexley Avenue, Harehills, Leeds on April 24.
Trained chef Morley had cooked Mr Morley a meal before the two men went to the bedroom then had sex, the court heard
Six pieces of cooked human flesh were discovered on a kitchen chopping board and a piece of chewed flesh was found in a bin bag, the jury was told.
After the attack, Morley walked into a nearby takeaway, wearing just a dressing gown and flip flops, and told staff he had killed someone because they tried to rape him, the court heard.
The jury heard from Nicholas McCarthy, who used to share a house with Mr Oldfield in Bramley.
Mr McCarthy said Damian Oldfield flirted with Morley and said he once saw the two men having sex on the sofa at the house.
But under cross examination from defence counsel Robert Smith QC, Mr McCarthy said he wasn't sure it was Morley having sex with Mr Oldfield because it was dark at the time.
The court heard Mr Oldfield liked sex toys, taking viagra and poppers.
Morley won £1,000 and a holiday to Gran Canaria when he won the first ever Mr Gay competition in 1993.
Another former boyfriend, who cannot be named, denied grooming Morley for sex when he was a teenager and said he waited until he was 18 until they slept together. The witness told the court: "At times Anthony was violent - he would thump me for no reason."
Mr Oldfield's friend Steven Robinson told the court he saw Mr Oldfield in the Queens Court gay bar in Leeds about a month before he died.
Mr Robinson said he was talking to Mr Oldfield when Morley approached him "quite aggressively".
He said: "When he came over he was making comments about how he could 'kill with these hands.'"
Mr Robinson said Mr Oldfield was shocked and tried to calm Morley down but he later approached him again, grabbed him and made the same threats.
He said Mr Oldfield apologised "profusely" and the pair left the bar with their arms around each other.
Mr Oldfield had worked for a company called All Points North selling advertising for 'Bent' magazine.
His boss Darrell Hirst told the court Mr Oldfield was a "fiery" character and had handed his notice in hours before his death because he didn't think he was being paid all the money he was due.
Mr Hirst said Mr Oldfield tried to borrow some cash and then asked for a lift to a TSB branch where he had £9 deposited and could only draw out over the counter.
Mr Hirst said on the way to the bank Mr Oldfield received a text from Morley inviting him for dinner that evening.
Mr Hirst added: "He (Mr Oldfield) was quite excited and I jokingly said: 'Is it going to be coq-au-vin?' And he said: 'I hope so.'"
Mr Hirst continued: "Damian was seeing other people as well at the same time."
The jury was told Mr Oldfield worked on the male escort section of Bent magazine .
Mr Hirst said: "He was talking to different guys all the time, business and pleasure."
Michael Rothwell, the managing director of All Points North said he had know Mr Oldfield for around 10 years from the gay scene.
When asked to describe Mr Oldfield's character, Mr Rothwell said: "He was OK. He would be the sort of person to avoid if he was drunk. I have seen him when he was intoxicated and he wasn't very nice."
Mr Rothwell said Morley had worked in an All Points North business called Bar Fibre as a chef at one point.
When asked about Morley's character, Mr Rothwell said: "I have always got on relatively well with him."
Morley's defence team have said he did kill Mr Oldfield and cook a part of his leg before chewing it and the jury have been told the issue in the trial would be over provocation or abnormality of the mind.
Morley denies murder.
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