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Well, she did go back at those Easter holidays, did she not? We have heard about that. Mr. Park told us he had a call from her and she had said she wanted to come back. He ended his relationship with Mrs. Walmsley and Carol came back for perhaps six or seven days. He told us that during that period he and she had talked and talked and talked. There was a full and frank discussion, and nothing he said was left unsaid. He said that Carol had reached a decision in the end calmly and rationally that she did not want to continue to live with him. She decided to go back to Mr. Brierley. Mr. Park said that Carol then rang Mr. Brierley and asked him to come and collect her. In contrast, Mr. Brierley said that after a short time of Carol being away, he got a call from Mr. Park to say that Carol had gone berserk and asking Mr. Brierley to come and collect her. He said he drove to Leece to pick her up. Mr. Park said that he disagreed with the question of who had made the call.
Well, then we heard from Mr. Park himself, Mrs. Walmsley and from Mr. Ernie Shaw about the incident at Bluestones when Carol went berserk. Mr. Park said that of itself Carol's decision caused no crisis. She was rational and calm. She expressed a wish to see Mrs. Walmsley. He did not think this was a particularly good idea, but she said she wanted to talk to Mrs. Walmsley about the children. Mrs. Walmsley, Julie came, and the three of them went into the lounge. He told us that he could see it in his mind's eye, this incident. They started a quiet conversation. Mrs. Walmsley then left to go to the lavatory, and Carol flipped, as he put it. She became hysterical. She was wound up into a frenzy for no apparent reason. He said he was unable to work out what the cause was. He thought it might have something to do with the powerful tranquillisers that she was on. He seems to have known about that, although does not seem to have known about any medication at a later stage. Anyway, Carol began shouting and waving her arms about. She grabbed objects, hurled them across the room, and Mr. Park himself, he said he had seen nothing like it before or since. She had never thrown things at him before. He decided he had to restrain her. He told hold of her arms and said "For goodness sake stop it." She said "Get off me. You cannot hold on to me." She was kicking and writhing, and he said he pinned her to the floor, holding her wrists and sat astride her across her stomach. Mrs. Walmsley returned from the bathroom, and he shouted to her to call Mr. Shaw, and I have given you the different account he gave in interview and you will bear that in mind no doubt and the points that each Counsel have made about it. I will not dwell on that again.