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23/06/2005
Witness tells court Caroline ‘called for her mum’
A friend of British schoolgirl Caroline Dickinson has told how she heard her call for her mum on the night she was killed.
Ann Jasper, 22, was giving evidence at the retrial of Spanish waiter Francisco Arce Montes, who is appealing against his conviction for the 13-year-old’s murder.
Caroline, who was on a school trip to Pleine Fougeres in Brittany, was raped and murdered in a hostel dormitory in July 1996.
Ms Jasper, who was sleeping in the same dormitory as Caroline, told the court that she was woken by the sound of banging in the middle of the night. She said that it sounded like “a bottle top hitting the wall”.
Ms Jasper reportedly broke down in court as she told how she heard Caroline mumbling ‘mum’ and ‘help’ and saw her “wriggling in bed”. However, she said that she thought Caroline was dreaming and went back to sleep.
Mr Montes, 55, from Gijon in northern Spain was sentenced to 30 years last June for Caroline’s murder. However, under French law, he is automatically entitled to an appeal.
Mr Montes, who did not give evidence at the first trial, admitted attacking Caroline, but said that he did not mean to kill her. He described her death as an “accident” and said that when he left the dormitory, he did not think Caroline was dead.
Caroline’s family are attending the trial in St Brieuc, Brittany.
The case continues.
(KMcA/SP)
Ann Jasper, 22, was giving evidence at the retrial of Spanish waiter Francisco Arce Montes, who is appealing against his conviction for the 13-year-old’s murder.
Caroline, who was on a school trip to Pleine Fougeres in Brittany, was raped and murdered in a hostel dormitory in July 1996.
Ms Jasper, who was sleeping in the same dormitory as Caroline, told the court that she was woken by the sound of banging in the middle of the night. She said that it sounded like “a bottle top hitting the wall”.
Ms Jasper reportedly broke down in court as she told how she heard Caroline mumbling ‘mum’ and ‘help’ and saw her “wriggling in bed”. However, she said that she thought Caroline was dreaming and went back to sleep.
Mr Montes, 55, from Gijon in northern Spain was sentenced to 30 years last June for Caroline’s murder. However, under French law, he is automatically entitled to an appeal.
Mr Montes, who did not give evidence at the first trial, admitted attacking Caroline, but said that he did not mean to kill her. He described her death as an “accident” and said that when he left the dormitory, he did not think Caroline was dead.
Caroline’s family are attending the trial in St Brieuc, Brittany.
The case continues.
(KMcA/SP)
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