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A man accused of murdering his 22-year-old girlfriend told 999 operators she was dying before calling a solicitor minutes later as paramedics battled to save her life, a jury has heard.
Kevin Mannion, 45, is accused of killing Elinor O'Brien in the 25-storey Great Northern Tower in Manchester. Prosecutors allege Mannion stabbed Ms O'Brien in a 'rageful and violent attack' on August 16 last year following an argument.
Emergency services found Ms O'Brien with a deep stab wound, and she was rushed to hospital where she died three days later following a 'catastrophic' brain injury. Mannion, who is also charged with wounding with intent and coercive or controlling behaviour, denies all the charges.
At Liverpool Crown Court on Wednesday, jurors heard a recording of a harrowing 999 call made from Mannion's phone at 12.16pm on August 16. During the call, the defendant can be heard repeating Ms O'Brien's name before begging 999 operators to 'please come'.
'There's blood everywhere. She's been punctured in the groin. Please come,' he continues, before the operator asks for his address.
Elinor O'Brien, 22, was allegedly stabbed to death by her boyfriend Kevin Mannion, 45, following a row at their flat in Manchester
'You need to help. She's dying, she's dying. Please, please, please come,' Mannion responds before giving his address. 'I'm begging you to hurry up,' he adds.
'She's been cut with a sharp object. She was picking her stuff up, I was throwing her stuff telling her to get out and something punctured her in the groin. I'm begging you to get someone here.'
Giving evidence, PC Luke Needham told the court he was called to the scene at Great Northern Tower at around 12.30pm. When he arrived, he said ambulance and paramedic crews were already at the scene, and they were all escorted upstairs to Mannion's flat by the concierge, the court heard.
He told the court he saw a man laying over the bottom half of a person, and noticed a lot of blood on the floor. He said as he got closer, it was 'clear' the male was attempting to stem blood flowing from a wound, and he
