Bloodstains were noticed on some clothes and on motel room bedding where the body of a woman who was allegedly killed by her husband in Te Anau was found, a court has heard. Rodney Stuart Fallowfield has been accused of murdering Shirley Reedy in May last year. At the Invercargill High Court yesterday, ESR forensic scientist Gary Gillespie told the jury his findings following the examination of blood spots, swabs and material collected at the motel where Shirley Reedy was killed. The trial before Justice Jan-Marie Doogue started on Monday, when Fallowfield pleaded not guilty to the murder of his wife. Mr Gillespie told the court small stains of blood were discovered on Ms Reedy’s shirt, pillows and the duvet from the motel rooms.

Source: Otago Daily Times July 06, 2021 16:31 UTC