bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-30377411 Three months before the deaths, community worker Mrs Forde had ended her 18-year relationship with Mr McKoy and had set 31 March as a deadline for him to move out of the three-bedroom terrace house, the court heard. But in the weeks leading up to the date Mr McKoy, a handyman, had become jealous and difficult, repeatedly threatening to kill her and himself. In January, Mrs Forde texted her sister saying I have to be very very careful and pray for my safety each day and night, jurors were told. The following month, she reported Mr McKoy to police after he told a neighbour he was going to burn the house down with everyone including himself inside, the court heard. Mrs Forde began tape recording their conversations or ringing an aunt or her older daughter Carrise Forde on an open line. On the day of the alleged murders, Mr McKoy had still not moved out and the argument that ensued was allegedly overheard down the phone by Ms Forde. She heard screams from her mother and half-sister before the defendant said: This is the destruction that you have brought on to the family, jurors heard. The court heard the young child had seen her mother being killed before Mr McKoy slit her throat with the machete.
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