Joanna Yeates: Boyfriend Of Murdered Architect To Give Evidence

Boyfriend Of Joanna Yeates To Give Evidence
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The bereaved boyfriend of Joanna Yeates is to give evidence at her murder trial.

Greg Reardon and Rebecca Scott, a close friend of the couple, will be asked about their last contact with Miss Yeates as evidence runs into a second week.

On the night of her death, she is said to have told a colleague she was dreading being without Mr Reardon for the weekend while he visited family in Sheffield.

Bristol Crown Court will also hear further cross-examination of pathologist Russell Delaney.

Miss Yeates suffered 43 injuries after being strangled by Vincent Tabak at the flat she shared with Mr Reardon on December 17, the jury has heard.

Tabak, 33, admits manslaughter but denies murdering the 25-year-old landscape architect.

Dutch engineer Tabak wept in the dock last week as a jury was shown harrowing images of her strangled body.

Her body was found "in a foetal-type position" on Christmas Day by dog walker Daniel Birch.

Mr Birch and his wife, Rebecca, spotted the pocket of her denim jeans exposed through the snow as they walked their chocolate Labrador Roxy along Longwood Lane, Failand, Somerset.