The Balclutha woman was very private, however was known around the community by her big smile and enormous wave, her family said. Her family noted Reedy died on their father’s birthday, and she was at rest next to him. Fallowfield and Reedy were married in April 2019, and the trip to Te Anau in May 2020 was a belated wedding celebration, the jury was told during the trial. Both the Crown and the defence accepted that Reedy was strangled in the hotel room by her husband.
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Rodney Stuart Fallowfield is facing a murder charge. The trial before a Justice and jury started in the High Court at Invercargill on Monday.
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What is disputed is the intent and the defence case is that he did not intend to cause bodily injury, and wanted his wife to be quiet when she threatened him with a rape allegation. The crown witness, who has name suppression, recalled the alleged incident from about 30 years ago where she said Fallowfield threw her to the ground, sat on top of her and strangled her. The witness told the court she had struggled to breath. “I thought he was going to kill me. I thought just get it over and done with,” she said.
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Rodney Fallowfield and Shirley Reedy on their wedding day.
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