Overview
- Footage played in Brighton shows Martin entering a police station and telling an officer, “I’ve killed two people,” before mentioning anxiety and depression.
- CCTV shown to the jury depicts Chloe Bashford having breakfast with Martin hours before the killings and then visiting a supermarket with him.
- Prosecutors say Martin attacked Chloe with a hammer and then stabbed her eight times, later stabbing Josh four times and strangling him with a ligature.
- After the deaths, Martin picked up the couple’s four children, took them to a café, left them with their grandmother, and texted an apology to his ex-partner, the children’s grandmother.
- Martin admits manslaughter due to diminished responsibility and denies murder, with prosecutors citing a money dispute and his debts as context as the trial continues.