![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/katie-kenyon-man-claims-he-accidentally-killed-woman-jury-told/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/124357210_kenyon.jpg&description=Image source, Family handoutImage caption, Katie Kenyon's body was recovered a week after her deathA man accused of murdering a woman then burying her in a makeshift grave said he killed her accidently when he threw an axe at a tree, a jury has heard.Andrew Burfield, 51, allegedly killed 33-year-old Katie Kenyon, from Padiham, Lancashire, on 22 April.He is then accused of burying her body in a grave he had dug the day before her death in the Forest of Bowland.Mr Burfield, who had been in a relationship with her since 2019, denies murder at Preston Crown Court.David McLachlan, KC, prosecuting, told the jury Mr Burfield was arrested following Miss Kenyon's disappearance and interviewed four times, initially denying any knowledge of her whereabouts.In his penultimate interview there was a "revelation" and his version of events changed, Mr McLachlan said.Mr Burfield, of Todmorden Road, Burnley, told police he had taken Miss Kenyon to Gisburn Forest for a picnic and she had "bet" him he could not hit her can of Coke with his axe.The court heard he told police: "I went for the tree at the side of her and it hit her in head."He claimed she had been hit with the back of the axe and she had no other injuries, but the jury heard a post-mortem examination showed she was struck an estimated 12 times.Mr McLachlan said: "We now understand Mr Burfield will admit to causing all 12 injuries Katie Kenyon sustained."Mr Burfield told police he then dug a hole and buried her, the jury heard.Mr McLachlan said forensic pathologist Dr Jamie Robinson found Mr Burfield's account of accidentally hitting Miss Kenyon with the axe was "completely implausible" due to the nature of her injuries.The court heard the day before Miss Kenyon's death Mr Burfield borrowed a set of ladders and spade from his father and drove to Gisburn Forest.Mr McLachlan said: "It's the prosecution case that Andrew Burfield had been out on that night on an important mission and that was in order to dig a grave and it was){kind=link}
A man accused of murdering a woman then burying her in a makeshift grave said he killed her accidently when he threw an axe at a tree, a jury has heard.
Andrew Burfield, 51, allegedly killed 33-year-old Katie Kenyon, from Padiham, Lancashire, on 22 April.
He is then accused of burying her body in a grave he had dug the day before her death in the Forest of Bowland.
Mr Burfield, who had been in a relationship with her since 2019, denies murder at Preston Crown Court.
David McLachlan, KC, prosecuting, told the jury Mr Burfield was arrested following Miss Kenyon’s disappearance and interviewed four times, initially denying any knowledge of her whereabouts.