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The following day, she emailed her massage therapist to cancel an appointment, saying her husband had woken up with "flu/cold-like symptoms" but had tested negative for Covid.

Usually, I am woken even earlier by my 16-month-old daughter's calls.

The lowest point in his life - he said - was being woken up to get hit with a metal rod to his head on his birthday.

Mr Perks - who had recently retired - was woken by the defendant breaking in through the conservatory and was stabbed after he initially mistook the defendant for his son Henry.

On the day in question she had woken and formed a belief she was in danger, and launched the fatal attack.