Following an accusation of her cheating, her boyfriend murdered her partner. He was ‘controlling and obsessed’.
Kerry Woolley (pictured), was attacked brutally at her Solihull residence in July 2020. She was stabbed 54 times.
Ian Bennett, 38 tried to conceal his actions with help from his mother.
Prosecutors claim that Bennett’s lies have been exposed by police who discovered he had attempted to hide evidence.
Ian Bennett denied murdering Kerry Woolley, 38, who was found dead at her Solihull home in July 2020.
Lynda Bennett, the accused’s mother, has pleaded innocent to helping an offender and perverting the course justice.
The addresses of both defendants are the same in Solihull, Moordown Avenue.
Caroline Goodwin QC was the Birmingham Crown Court’s prosecutor.
“That phone call was preplanned hours later, when he already knew she was dead,” she said.
“He was a guest in her house the night before. He attacked her. He wanted to kill her.
‘Controlling and obsessive’ boyfriend Ian Bennett, 38, tried to cover up his actions by ‘weaving a web of deceit’ to lie to the police, it was claimed in a Birmingham court
Paramedics and police found Ms Woolley’s body on Sunday, July 12, 2020 in a flat at Westley Heights in Warwick Road. She died of a serious neck injury, according to a post mortem.
Miss Goodwin said, “It was both brutish and deliberate.” She was subject to 54 blunt force injuries. The majority were in her neck.
“This violence was committed with just two knives. The injuries she sustained were severe.
“Knowing exactly what he did, he purchased himself some time. He returned home to destroy evidence.
He tried to hide and dive in order to fool the police. To cowardly accept the actions he took.
Ian was charged with her murder, while mother-of-two Lynda Bennett 63, (left) was charged with perverting the course of justice and assisting an offender. Both denied the charges
MailOnline received a tribute from Ms Woolley’s neighbors last summer. They described the death of their neighbor as “absolutely shocking”.
He did everything he could in order to conceal his involvement. With the help of his mother, the evidence was destroyed.
“It was part a disguise. He was the boyfriend with the bad habits who found his girl dead.
MailOnline heard from neighbours last summer that Ms Woolley was a victim of a tragic death.
One person said, “She was such a sweet lady. She is always smiling.” The children were taken to McDonald’s just down the road by her. She was clearly devoted to them.
Miss Goodwin claimed that Bennett and Miss Wooley met previously in an area where Miss Wooley took cocaine.
They had just returned to the flats of one couple, but Bennett accused Miss Woolley then of cheating with the other woman.
According to Miss Goodwin, the jury heard that Goodwin’s paranoia and obsessive behavior was exemplary.
Continue the trial.