Darren Osment pleads not guilty to the murder of his former partner, who went missing in 2012.
Claire Holland disappeared after leaving a Seamus O'Donnell pub on St Nicholas St in Bristol on 6 June 2012A pub chef is accused of murdering his ex-partner after blaming her for their child being taken into care.
A jury at Bristol Crown Court heard Mr Osment had, in the years since, told several people he had killed Ms Holland or paid someone else to.Andrew Langdon KC, prosecuting, said in an opening statement the defendant "knows the manner of her death and he knows how her body was disposed of". A former partner of his told police he had suggested to her he had paid someone else rather than "get his own hands dirty".And he is alleged to have told another friend: "I paid someone £500 to have the mother of my child executed."
When their child was a few weeks old, police were called to their Bradley Stoke home following allegations of alcohol-fuelled domestic violence.One social worker told police: "Darren was blaming Claire for the removal of the child due to the fact she had called the police a few days before our visit."
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