‘I asked her why he wasn’t breathing and she told me to shut up’: Fortnite gamer, 21, tells his mother’s murder trial how he found father lying dead then raised alarm via his PS4 games console
- Kyle Welsh had been playing Fortnite at home when he heard his father shout out
- He rushed downstairs to find his father lying on kitchen floor after being stabbed
- Mr Welsh could not find a phone and asked his Fortnite opponent to call for help
- His mother Natasha Welsh, of Hendon, London denies one count of murder
Natasha Welsh, of Hendon, denies one count of murder on the night of 26 October 2018, and a lesser charge of manslaughter.
A gamer told a court how he used his PS4 to tell his Fortnite opponent that his mother had killed his father.
Kyle Welsh, 21, had been playing the combat game with John Morris when he heard his father shout ‘she’s stabbed me’.
His mother’s murder trial heard, he ripped off his headset and went downstairs to the kitchen to find Natasha Welsh, 43, had stabbed her husband Martin, 47, with a 15cm titanium knife.
The son could not find a phone to call for help so he messaged player John Morris over the PS4’s communication network.
His sister Charley who was living Mr Morris also rushed to the scene and told the court: ‘I asked her why he was not breathing. She just looked me up and down and said: ‘Shut up’.
The son said: ‘Call 999 mum stabbed dad and he is dead please, please, please.’
A few moments later he said: ‘Please, he is dead by now and I am going to kill her. He is flat on the kitchen floor. Please send an ambulance.’
In another message he said: ‘My dad is dead’.
Giving evidence over video-link, the son said he said his father was lying on the kitchen floor next to the blade.
Kyle Welsh, 21, had been playing the combat game with John Morris when he heard his father shout ‘she’s stabbed me’
Mr Welsh said: ‘I wanted to pick up the knife, but I thought to myself if I touch the knife my DNA will be on it as well.
‘I got up and I asked my mum were the phone was. When she did not reply to me- then I asked her again and she said it was on the side, but it was not there.
‘I went downstairs to see what had happened and then back up to message what had happened.
‘I ran upstairs to obviously message because it was the only thing I thought of at that moment.’
Mr Welsh broke down in tears as he told how he had been ‘merry’ earlier that evening.
‘I heard my dad shout: ‘She has stabbed me,’ but it was like a groaning tone.
‘He did swear. He said: ‘She has ‘f*****g stabbed me’.
‘I took my headset off and I listened, and I could not hear anything, so I went downstairs. That is when I walked into the kitchen.
‘Mum was in the middle of the kitchen. She was like crouch-sitting. Dad was lying on his back. I said: ‘What the f**k have you done?’ to my mother.
‘She did not reply to me at that point. He did not say anything he could barely breath. He had a stab wound to his right shoulder.
‘There was a knife on the floor in between him and the washing machine.
‘It was from a knife block set he had in the kitchen – a titanium set.’
The son could not find a phone to call for help so he messaged player John Morris over the PS4’s communication network
The court heard the couple had a torrid relationship and had smashed many items of furniture in the house during their rows.
Daughter Charley was living with Mr Morris and rushed to the home in Hendon to find her mother sitting cross legged next to her father who was lying on the kitchen floor.
She told the court: ‘I asked her why he was not breathing. She just looked me up and down and said: ‘Shut up.’
Welsh, of Greyhound Hill, Hendon, denies one count of murder on the night of 26 October 2018. and a lesser charge of manslaughter.
The trial continues.
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