"Robert O'Sullivan KC, prosecuting, said Suter drove his Mazda MX5 car to the cemetery and arrived with a bunch of flowers at about 10.30am, about five hours before his ex-wife. Analysis of phone GPS data showed him at the cemetery at 10.30am and again at 2.30pm. He said: "The defendant armed himself with a large kitchen knife from his home address and he took it with him to the cemetery that morning while he laid in wait to attack Ann Blackwood, rightly anticipating she would visit her son's grave that day.""
"He said that Ms Blackwood arrived by bicycle at about 3.30pm and as she approached the grave of their son, who took his own life in 2003, Suter attacked her. Mr O'Sullivan said: "The defendant stabbed her in the back with a kitchen knife and, the blade having broken off, he repeatedly stabbed her in the neck with a pair of scissors that she had brought with her to cut the flowers she had planned to put on her son's grave." He said that at 3.39pm, Suter called 999 and told police: "I have just killed my ex-wife, I have just stabbed her to death.""
Martin Suter traveled to Crofton Cemetery on July 24, 2023, arriving earlier in the day and again in the afternoon according to phone GPS data. He waited with flowers and armed himself with a large kitchen knife taken from his home. As Ann Blackwood arrived to visit their son’s grave, Suter attacked her, stabbing her with the knife and then repeatedly with scissors after the blade broke. At 3:39pm Suter called 999 and stated he had killed his ex-wife. A Newton hearing will determine whether he brought the knife to the scene and whether he intended to kill or cause grievous bodily harm. Suter previously pleaded guilty in May 2023 to one indecent assault of a girl under 14 and was acquitted of six other charges.
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