PREGNANT Hayley Richards was killed by her jealous boyfriend days after she told police he tried to strangle her, a court heard today.
The 23-year-old, of Carders Corner, Trowbridge, was found with her throat slit from ear to ear six days after telling police the attack on June 5 left her "petrified" a jury sitting at Bristol Crown Court was told.
Ian Fenney, prosecuting, read the court a statement Miss Richards made to police in which she said her former boyfriend, Hugo Quintas, demanded £60 and threatened: "Give me my money tomorrow or I will kill you."
Portuguese national Quintas, 24, denies murdering Miss Richards but has admitted manslaughter on the grounds of provocation.
The case continues.
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