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ANITA ROSE, 57, WAS SUBJECTED TO "NUMEROUS KICKS, STAMPS AND BLOWS BEING DELIVERED TO HER FACE, HEAD AND BODY", PROSECUTOR CHRISTOPHER PAXTON KC TOLD A TRIAL AT IPSWICH CROWN COURT

19:15, 29 May 2025Updated 19:19, 29 May 2025 An on-the-run man who was living off-grid to avoid being recalled to prison killed a grandmother who was out walking her dog by using his boots

as a "murder weapon" to stamp on her, a court has heard. Anita Rose, 57, was subjected to "numerous kicks, stamps and blows being delivered to her face, head and body",

prosecutor Christopher Paxton KC told a trial at Ipswich Crown Court. Roy Barclay, 56, of no fixed address, denies her murder. Opening the case for the prosecution on Thursday, Mr Paxton

said mother-of-six Ms Rose left her home in Brantham, Suffolk, to walk her dog Bruce on July 24 last year. The prosecutor said a pink jacket worn by Ms Rose on the day she was attacked was

found at one of Barclay’s makeshift camps, where he added that a pair of Barclay’s walking boots, which "amounted to the murder weapon", were also found. He said there is

"support for the conclusion that the marks on Anita’s face were made by these boots". He added that the defendant kept the jacket "as a trophy" and it had Barclay’s

"semen on the neckline". Mr Paxton said Ms Rose's phone case was also found at the camp, and her Samsung earbuds were located at a different makeshift camp Barclay had used.

The prosecutor said: “After she left home and before 6.25 that morning, Anita Rose was subject to a vicious and brutal attack with numerous kicks, stamps and blows being delivered to her

face, head and body." Article continues below He said that Ms Rose was found by passers-by but died four days later at Addenbrooke’s Hospital in Cambridge on July 28 as a result of the

injuries she had received and that "no eyewitnesses saw the incident". Mr Paxton added: "You will hear that Roy Barclay had no fixed address and lived mostly in the

countryside, wandering the fields and lanes, sleeping in various makeshift camps. He lived off-grid because for two years, Roy Barclay had been unlawfully at large. "He had been on the

run trying to avoid the police and authorities to try and avoid being recalled back to prison." The barrister said Barclay "carries dog biscuits with him and is a dog lover",

saying he had tied the dog lead around Ms Rose's leg "to stop Bruce (the dog) running off". "Paramedics found Bruce the dog’s lead wrapped tightly round Anita’s

leg," he said. He said Barclay made various internet searches after the attack, including "how are outside objects swabbed for DNA" and "can barbed wire be swabbed for

DNA". Mr Paxton said Ms Rose’s body was found "by the barbed wire fence by the Brantham sewage works" by a cyclist, Jerome Tassel. He said Mr Tassel, who called emergency

services at 6.26am, had been cycling to Manningtree train station. The prosecutor described Barclay as "cunning and resourceful". Mr Paxton said Ms Rose’s "long-term

partner" Richard Jones was a lorry driver who worked away during the week. He said Ms Rose and Mr Jones "would speak frequently", and the last time that Mr Jones spoke to her

was in a three minute and 42 second phone call made to her at 5.24am on July 24 when all was well. The defendant, who wore glasses, a grey prison-issue tracksuit and has a grey beard along

with long, thinning grey hair, listened to proceedings from the secure dock of the court. Relatives of Ms Rose listened from the public gallery. Article continues below The trial, which is

due to last eight weeks, continues.