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- STATEMENT of MICHELLE ANN TAYLOR
NAME: MICHELLE ANN TAYLOR
ADDRESS:
AGE / DATE OF BIRTH: 20 12111970
OCCUPATION:
Who states:- This statement consisting of 10 pages, each
signed by me, is true to the best of my knowledge and belief
and I make it knowing that if it is tendered in evidence
I shall be liable to prosecution if I have wilfully stated
in it anything which I know to be false or do not believe
to be true.
DATED: 120691
M TAYLOR (SIGNED)
I have worked at the CHURCHILL PRIVATE CLINIC since 060787,
Initially I was employed in the Accounts Department and
in 000988 I became the Bought Ledger Clerk, this meant I
was responsible for paying the bills incurred by John SHAUGHNESSY,
who is the Assistant Purchasing Manager.
As a result of coming into contact with John we became friends,
In 000789 I became aware that John was engaged to a girl
called Alison BLACKMORE, During the course of their engagement
I became friends with Alison, In 000590 I moved from my
parents house into hospital provided accommodation.
This consists of three large terraced houses which inter-connect
by fire escape doors. My room was on the ground floor and
John's room was on the second floor in the next door house.
The connecting door is also on the second floor, John has
two Jobs within the hospital, in addition to his purchasing
job he also tends to the gardens.
This second job includes arranging flowers for the hospital.
I have taken to helping John with the flower arranging,
The reason I got involved with floral arrangements is that
it is my long term ambition to start my own business in
catering and the ability to arrange flowers would be an
asset.
To this end, I changed my job within the hospital to being
a domestic in 000491, This job entails serving food to our
patients and cleaning rooms after a patient has been discharged
and preparing them for the next patient. As a domestic I
work 1530 to 2030 on Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday;
this is another advantage giving me three days to concentrate
on catering.
At the moment I make cakes for people which provides pocket
money, In addition I help my father seven days a week with
his window cleaning and office cleaning business. When I
helped John with the flower arranging he gave me perhaps
five pounds, but not regularly, not every time.
Sometimes he would offer and if I didn't need or want the
money I would decline the offer. This arrangement started
because I filled in for John when he was on holiday. It
was intended that I was to take over this job because John
wanted to spend more time with Alison.
Our friendship had grown to the extent that I was invited
to their wedding, which took place on 230690 in PILTOWN,
SOUTHERN IRELAND. I travelled over with John and Alison
in the car John hired, I stayed with Alison's relations
for about a week.
After their marriage, Alison moved into John's room and
it was quite common for me to visit their room and watch
television with them and for Alison to visit my room, Occasionally
we would go out together and also Alison and I would go
out for a drink or pizza while John was working.
My relationship with both of them was good friends. On Sunday
020691 I had worked the 1530 to 2030 shift and stayed the
night at my hostel. On Monday 030691 I got up at 0500 and
drove to the ARNDALE SHOPPING CENTRE, WANDSWORTH, I helped
my father and sister Lisa to clean windows and the floors
of the WOOLWORTHS STORE.
This took until about 0930, My sister and I left my father
and travelled in my car to the FIRE STATION at SANDERSTEAD,
where we cleaned and polished the floors, We left at about
1330, We both then went home to my parent's house and had
a wash and change of clothes.
I put on a black hooded top, green tracksuit bottoms and
white Nike trainers, I did not change again on 030691. My
sister and I then travelled to BROMLEY to shop for a dress
for Lisa. Lisa is eighteen next month. We then went from
BROMLEY to my hostel, arriving at about 1715.
We went for a drink with a friend JJ, Jannette Jaqueline
TAPP, who lives in a room next to the room that was occupied
by John. John and Alison had moved out in 000291 and went
to live at Flat 3, 41 VARDENS ROAD, BATTERSEA. At 1800 I
left Lisa with JJ and went to meet John to do the flower
arranging.
I met him by going through the reception to a table outside
the 'smoking room'. John had already bought the flowers.
It was customary for the flowers to be bought by John from
the flower stall at WATERLOO run by Buster EDWARDS. John
normally buys about forty or fifty pounds worth and pays
using his own cheque book.
If I buy the flowers John pops down the following day and
pays the bill. We set about arranging the flowers, which
took us until about 2000. During this time we were together
throughout, if we left one another for the toilet or a drink
from the fountain, we were only separate for a matter of
a couple of minutes.
During the two hour period we were seen by a number of people,
At 1745 some domestic staff used the 'smoking room'. A nurse
and the matron, whose name is Sheila, went to the pharmacy
which is nearby, Lisa and JJ visited us at about 1930 to
see if we wanted something to eat from the fish and chip
shop.
We arranged five separate arrangements and distributed them,
three in the reception area and two in MRI Department, Both
these departments were staffed when we put out the flowers.
I remember seeing David ALEXANDER, the Chief Executive,
in reception.
At 2000 we tidied up the table and as was normal, I was
going to drive John home. I had a stomach upset that day
and needed to use the lavatory, so I arranged to meet John
at my car, which was parked in the drive outside the hostel,
I went back to the hostel, used the lavatory, spoke to Lisa
who was now playing I think Monopoly with JJ.
I told Lisa I wouldn't be long and went down to meet John,
We drove to John's house in VARDENS ROAD using the WANDSWORTH
ROAD, LAVENDER HILL, ST JOHN'S ROAD passing the GRANADA
BINGO HALL and turning second left into VARDENS ROAD.
There was no parking spaces available in VARDENS ROAD, so
I went by their house, turned left and parked. We then walked
back towards the house together. I saw nothing unusual in
the road. I saw a policeman walking towards us. He wore
a tunic, a helmet but I'm unable to remember the colour
of his shirt.
He passed us just about the time we were on the steps of
No. 41. It's quite normal for me to go into John and Alison's
flat for a chat after I give John a lift, I normally have
a drink of orange juice or water. Additionally, on this
occasion I needed to use the toilet again and also John
had asked me to run two vases or tubs back to the hospital.
As things turned out I never saw the vases and all thoughts
of going to the toilet were forgotten. When John and I reached
the door John was carrying a bunch of flowers and a briefcase,
He tried to unlock the lower lock first and said, "That's
funny, Alison usually locks the door."
Although he said this, neither of us registered any alarm
at this stage or feared anything was seriously wrong. We
entered the hall and John unlocked his own door and we went
upstairs, John in the lead. He suddenly cried out, "Alison,
Alison," and I looked up to the second landing and
saw Alison lying on the floor.
John stepped over Alison's body and was looking into her
face. I tried to lift Alison, but she was heavy and stiff.
I felt Alison's neck for a pulse. I'm a little confused
as to what happened next, but I know I kept going back and
touching Alison and John was standing on the landing and
he kept repeating, "I don't know what's happened."
Eventually I realised Alison was dead and I started to panic
and scream, John ran to Mr CASEY's house to use the telephone,
I remembered the policeman in the street and ran outside.
John hadn't got an answer from Mr CASEY, so I ran across
the road to use the telephone in the pub.
I ran into the pub and asked the barmaid with short dark
hair to ring for the police, I told her someone was dead.
There was a group of people seated by the window, a woman
from this group tried to comfort me and said she would come
back with me.
When we left the pub the woman and three or four of the
men crossed the road with us and we all went into the house.
As I crossed the road I remember seeing John standing on
the steps. The woman from this group was aged about 35-40
with grey hair, All the men went up the stairs, but the
woman stayed with me on the landing.
Then they all came down and went towards the street door.
I went back to Alison's body, I pulled down her skirt, which
was up showing her briefs, moved her hair and stroked it.
By doing this I got blood on my hands and I went up to the
bathroom.
I didn't think to use the toilet which was nearer, I washed
my hands and used the flannel and towel. I felt the need
of fresh air and opened a window. The window I opened was
not locked, all I had to do was push it up on the sash.
To my best recollection, this was the window on the first
landing, the one beneath Alison's body.
A few moments later the police arrived and I mentioned the
window to the woman police officer who talked to me. Throughout
these events I do not feel that I moved Alison in any physical
way, With regard to John and Alison's friends, I only know
that a girl from Alison's bank attended the wedding with
her boyfriend.
She had ginger hair. I do not know anybody John was friendly
with, although he got along with most people. I know that
they used to go to the pub in CLAPHAM JUNCTION, opposite
ARDING AND HOBBS, The car I drive is a white Ford Sierra
1.6L estate, registration mark RHX958Y.
M TAYLOR SIGNED
STATEMENT TAKEN PLACE:
TIME:
DATE:
WITNESS TO SIGNATURE:
OFFICERS SIGNATURE: ALAN GARROD DS |
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