Neighbours of Tommy Sheridan's mother have paid tribute to a 'wee character' after she tragically died in a fire at her Glasgow home.
23.02.2023 - 23:07 / dailyrecord.co.uk
A woman called her son a 'divvy' after he stabbed her in the heart, a court heard.
Jamie Dempsey, 32, is on trial at Liverpool Crown Court accused of murdering his mother Karen, after he allegedly knifed her in the chest while fighting with a man over a £2,000 drug debt outside the Brambles pub in Kirkby in Merseyside.
Demspey was called to give evidence at the court today, Thursday February 23, reports the Liverpool Echo.
Dempsey claimed he had previously been subjected to death threats from Brian Flynn - who was also stabbed at least five times during the incident in the summer of 20222, suffering injuries including a punctured lung.
During his testimony, Dempsey looked towards family members in the public gallery and told them he was "proper sorry".
Jurors had previously heard he owed the debt to Mr Flynn for an unpaid cocaine bill.
But the defendant said the debt was in fact "owed one of his friends".
Dempsey claimed he had already been attacked previously by Flynn at a nearby pub in March 2022 - by which time he had been "off cocaine for a few months", with the debt being "about a year old".
On the stand, the dad-of-two said of this incident: "I'd never spoke to him in my life.
"He offered me a phone and said someone wants to speak to you. As I grabbed the phone, he punched me and put me on my back.
"Later on that night, I got a phone call off the person I owed the money to. Brian got on the phone and said if I didn't pay him next week, I'd be dead.
"I got rid of that phone and stopped going out. A couple of times I'd seen him from a distance and avoided him."
Dempsey said he did not pay up as he had "lost his job and was skint". On the night of his mum's death, he said that they would "just leave" if they saw Mr Flynn in
Neighbours of Tommy Sheridan's mother have paid tribute to a 'wee character' after she tragically died in a fire at her Glasgow home.
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