Mr. Ernie Shaw and Mrs. Walmsley both describe seeing Mr. Park on the floor trying to calm Carol down, and I have mentioned that Mr. Shaw thought that the incident was a year later, but it is obviously 1975 and I am not getting my dates wrong again. If I am, Counsel will tell me, but I do not think I am.
Mrs. Walmsley told you about her relationship with Mr. Park. She said it began in late 1974 during his separation from Carol. She said it lasted until the Spring of 1975, when Carol had wanted to come home. She had returned, and she recounted one evening getting a call from Gordon Park asking her to go to Bluestones because Carol wanted to talk to her. She said that Carol told her she was leaving again and asked her to be kind to the children and to help Gordon with them. She said the discussion was fine and civilised and everyone was calm. Mrs. Walmsley had the impression that Carol was really planning to go for good on this occasion. However, at some stage she had to go to the bathroom. When she returned she said there was shouting from the lounge. When she walked in, Carol was lying face down on the floor with Mr. Park in effect astride her, holding her hands and trying to restrain her. Gordon had shouted to her to call Ernie and to ask him to come round. Mrs. Walmsley did this, finding his number in the 'phone book by the telephone. She went outside in the drive to wait for Mr. Shaw, and she said she never saw Carol again after that incident.