a tearful Ms Reeve told the court she called at his home in the afternoon and found the back door unlocked.
Later that evening and stripped it of anything of value,coach outlet online, including food from the freezer, said Karim Khalil, QC, prosecuting. Mr Reeve's body was discovered two weeks later when his daughter, Julie Reeve, called at the blood-spattered property. Kelly Louise Barnes, a mother-of-four Kelly and Jodie Barnes, formerly Ramsbottom, were in a civil partnership together. They deny murder. Describing the alleged attack yesterday, Mr Khalil said: ''He was brutally beaten, cut with a sharp blade and left to die in his home,louis vuitton handbags, unable to summon help,ugg boots uk sale. ''It is a sad fact that he was not found until two weeks later when his daughter,cheap christian louboutin, Julie Reeve, called round. She found the back door unlocked, opened it and saw blood on the inner door. ''She could not bear to go in any further and called on a neighbour. Together they went back, called for him but got no answer and decided to call the emergency services.'' A post-mortem examination showed that Mr Reeve,Mulberry bags, known to friends as Titch because of his small stature,christian louboutin sale, was alive for between 15 and 48 hours after suffering brain injuries,louboutin shoes. Mr Khalil said investigators found evidence that the volume on Mr Reeve's television was turned up high in an attempt to mask his screams as they injured him in "varied and awful ways",Mulberry sale. He said: "His injuries reveal that whilst he was still alive he was beaten savagely and that he was scored with a sharp blade to his face and torso in a manner akin to torture. He must have suffered dreadfully. "Both of these defendants went to his home uninvited. He was alive when they arrived and was left dying when they departed,Mulberry handbags. "They were so callous that they later returned to his home in a taxi and cleared out what items they wanted, including foodstuffs from his freezer."Mr Reeve lived off a pension and benefits but was heard talking about having large sums of money, once claiming that he carried around £2,000 in cash,Mulberry uk, the court heard. Mrs Reeve called at the home of father Barry on February 26 last year. After seeing blood on a door, she called police who arrived to uncover his body. Giving evidence, a tearful Ms Reeve told the court she called at his home in the afternoon and found the back door unlocked. "I was calling 'dad' but there was no response," she added. "I saw blood on the door and decided to turn around. "I found one of his neighbours and we returned but there was still no response. Another neighbour said she had left him some milk out two weeks ago and it was still there."She continued: "We called emergency services who took over from there."By chance, Ms Reeve met the two accused on the day of her father's death. They asked her for directions after meeting her in the street and she felt intimidated, she told the court. She did not realise the significance of the meeting until after her father was found. The trial continues.
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