By Press Association 2021
Kayleigh Dunning (Hampshire Police/PA)
A 49-year-old man “brutally and ferociously” beat his girlfriend to death in a jealous rage after proposing to marry her, a court has heard.
Mark Brandford, of Kingston Crescent, Portsmouth, Hampshire, is accused of using a crowbar to murder 32-year-old Kayleigh Dunning while she was naked in his bed on the night of December 16 2019.
Kayleigh Dunning (Hampshire Constabulary/PA)
He is also accused of a revenge porn charge of disclosing private sexual photos with the intent to cause distress to self-employed cleaner Ms Dunning between October 2018 and the time of her death.
20:46 EDT, 7 January 2021
A jealous lover killed his fiancee on the night he proposed to her because she called him by her former partner s pet name, a court heard today.
Mark Brandford crushed the skull of girlfriend Kayleigh Dunning in a brutal and ferocious attack, a jury was told.
In the lead up to her her death, a court heard he had been to a registry office with plans to marry Kayleigh, something she knew nothing about.
Images posted to Brandford s Instagram from the evening show Kayleigh posing next to novelty balloons which said Will you marry me? on them, a jury heard.