A WREXHAM man spent up to a day-and-a-half 'contemplating his future' as his girlfriend's body lay in their home, a court heard.

Jurors in the ongoing trial of Madog Llewellyn Rowlands, of Coed Efa in New Broughton, heard the prosecution summary of the case on Tuesday.

The 24-year-old is accused of murdering his 21-year-old girlfriend Lauren Griffiths, who was from the Oswestry area.

Her body was found at a flat in Glynrhondda Street in Cathays, Cardiff, in 2019.

The court heard on Monday how Rowlands claimed to have woken with his partner on the morning of April 29 before an incident took place between them.

He told the court she had put her hands against his neck and held him against a wall during a dissociative episode she'd experienced, during which he then put his hands on her neck.

Rowlands said he'd begun to pass out, but then they both released their grip and he saw she wasn't breathing.

Michael Jones QC, prosecuting, told the court on Tuesday: "The case we submit is that on April 29 of last year, this defendant murdered his girlfriend.

"We submit this was a vulnerable young woman. She undoubtedly has issues and this defendant has shamelessly played on this.

"Having killed a woman he says he loved so much, what did he do?

"He didn't call the emergency services immediately.

"He didn't rush to try and resuscitate her - not a single attempt to help her.

"He said the first thing he wanted to do was try and kill himself. He went went to a local shop to buy whiskey and bin bags.

"He withdrew cash. It got to lunchtime - not a single attempt to tell a soul or help Lauren, but he arranged the purchase and delivery of a Subway, then drugs.

"We get to about 11 o'clock in the evening. He tried to set up a Netflix account. "When you look at the things he did for himself and not a single thing for Lauren, we submit this gives you a clue as to his intent.

"Thereafter his actions speak volumes - he ordered £42 worth of Domino's Pizza.

"After doing what he had done to her, he spent the next 24 to 36 hours contemplating his future."

The court previously heard how Rowlands did later call 999, at about 6pm on April 30.

In a recording played to the court, he tells an operator: "I've killed my fiancee by mistake - she is dead."

When asked how she had died, he told the operator: "I have strangled her. We got into a fight."

Mr Jones QC also revisited evidence regarding an incident in which police were called to the flat in 2018 after reports that Rowlands "grabbed" his partner's throat and pushed her into the bedroom before asking; "Do you want to die?"

He claimed the question had not been made as a threat, but as an enquiry arising from discussions the couple had regarding suicide.

Mr Jones described the 2018 incident as "telling," adding: "The truth, we submit, is that in March 2018 he attacked Lauren Griffiths and she managed to escape with her life.

"In the early hours of April 29, 2019, she was not so lucky.

"The idea that he was having to defend himself against her attack is, we say, nonsense.

"She was a bubbly, happy young woman who was exceptionally passive according to the doctor who saw her, and her friends.

"The only person who has said has witnessed her being physically violent is this defendant."

Jurors were also given legal directions by Judge Daniel Williams with regards to the two alternate counts they must consider; of murder and manslaughter.

The court will hear the summary from Rowlands' defence counsel on Wednesday morning.

The trial continues.