A MAN accused of murder has been questioned by the prosecution at his trial Mold Crown Court.

Barry John Bagnall is charged with the murder of Terry Edwards.

Bagnall, 42, of Trevena Way in Caia Park, wore a blue shirt and grey trousers as he stood to answer David Elias, his defending solicitor.

Mr Elias questioned Bagnall about his relationship with Mr Edwards – who lived alone in a flat on Pont Wen in Caia Park.

It was here that Mr Edwards, 60, had been found after the May Bank Holiday weekend in 2020 having sustained serious head injuries before being covered up in a duvet.

Bagnall told the court how the pair had known each other for several years – having been neighbours on Trevena Way for a brief while during Bagnall’s eight-year residence in the street.

It was said that the pair were involved in the local drug scene, with both men being known users of heroin around the Caia Park estate.

The court heard that Bagnall took his first hit of heroin in 2002. There were periods of time where he tried to quit but always went back to the Class-A drug.

He told the courtroom that his spending on drugs varied week to week – but would usually be ‘in the hundreds’.

He said the pair would often take heroin together.

The court was told how it was not uncommon for Mr Edwards to allow Bagnall access to his bank card. It was meant for him to score drugs for the pair as the 60-year-old rarely went out to get his own ‘gear’, according to Bagnall.

This would happen roughly once or twice a week, it was estimated in court by Bagnall. He recalled the weekend leading up to the day when Mr Edwards is thought to have died.

The court was told how Bagnall called Mr Edwards promising to ‘score’ heroin from a local dealer in Caia Park as a way to pay back an outstanding debt between them amounting to £20.

Mr Edwards requested the drugs but refused to let Bagnall stay and smoke them at his flat.

Upon arriving with the heroin, Mr Edwards denied him entry a second time – but took a bag of crisps and chocolate that Bagnall had brought over.

He told the court how Mr Edwards did not take back his bank card, asking Bagnall to use it again in the morning to score more drugs.

Bagnall recalls having to find another address to take his drugs in – not wanting to risk being caught with hard drugs.

The court went on to hear that Bagnall made several attempts to enter the Pont Wen property over the Bank Holiday weekend, by knocking on the door and shouting through the letterbox to Mr Edwards – who he believed had taken sleeping tablets.

Days later, on Tuesday, June 2, Bagnall learnt of his death after hearing rumours that an overdose had claimed Mr Edwards life. As such, he deleted all text records of the pair having bought drugs for one another.

He also confessed about having the bank card around a week later to police, having stashed it in his sock drawer upon learning Mr Edwards was dead.

Details were discussed about the evidence given earlier in the court proceedings by a fellow prisoner at HMP Berwyn who claimed Bagnall confessed to the crime whilst inside and also provided details that only the true killer would know.

Bagnall categorically denied making such confessions.

Proceeding…