Vasile Culea is charged with the murder of Freda Walker and the attempted murder of her husband
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A man who killed an elderly woman and seriously injured her husband carried out eight "reconnaissance missions" of their home, a court has heard. Freda Walker was found dead at her home in Station Road, Langwith Junction, on 15 January next to her husband, Ken, who was seriously injured.A jury was shown CCTV of Culea driving a "circuit" around their home.Mrs Walker, 86, died from her injuries while Mr Walker, 88, was taken to hospital for treatment.
During the second day of a two-week trial at Derby Crown Court, prosecutor Michael Auty KC said Mr Culea carried out eight reconnaissance missions of the Walkers' home - four by car and four on foot.The jury were shown footage from a number of CCTV cameras that picked up Mr Culea's Audi saloon driving a "circuit" around the house in Station Road in the hours before the "savage and sustained" attack.
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