A MAN accused of murder told a witness he thought he had killed someone, a jury was told today.
And Paul Lewis, 55, who along with his partner Kathleen Carey is charged with the murder of Risca man Tony Jenkins, was seen soon after the alleged killing outside the door of his flat with blood on both legs of his jeans and on his hands, Cardiff crown court heard.
Lewis is alleged to have told witness Mark Carroll: "I think I killed the **** but I don't know."
Mr Carroll said Lewis also told him: "Them **** at the Holly Road flats had me and done this to me."
Lewis and partner Kathleen Carey, 56, both of Elm Drive, Risca, have pleaded not guilty to murdering 46-year-old Mr Jenkins.
Mr Jenkins, known locally as 'Scrumpo', was found with 18 stab wounds to his head, torso, arms and legs at his flat in Holly Road.
Mr Carroll, a lorry driver, who comes from Risca, said he went to pick up a friend, Nigel Parry, at his home in Elm Drive at 7am on May 15.
"I heard coughing and mumbling outside," he said.
He said he then saw Lewis on the landing with blood "all down his jeans".
He said he was wearing a leather jacket over a vest and blood marks were on both legs of the jeans.
Mr Carroll said: "He was swearing but I could understand him. He showed me a cut on his left shoulder and said 'he stuck a knife into me'. The cut was weeping and I told him to get it stitched."
Mr Carroll told the jury Lewis said the other man had been on top of him "hitting him" and his "Missus" had tried to get him off by hitting him back.
Mr Carroll said Lewis also had blood on his hands and he noticed he was wearing "lots of Hells Angels' gold rings".
Lewis, he added had clenched his fist and said: "I should have given him that."
At first, said Mr Carroll, he thought nothing of the conversation which lasted about 10 to 15 minutes. But soon after he was aware of two police officers outside the address.
Proceeding
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