Chapeltown murder trial begins

A MAN who is alleged to have murdered his neighbour says that he didn’t commit the crime and that it was carried out by an unknown male.

VICTIM: Glenn Boardman was killed in June of this year

Glenn Boardman, 59, was killed in Chapeltown in June. Michael Andrew Goddard, 50, of Steven Close, was remanded to custody and appeared at Sheffield Magistrates Court on Friday June 29. He was charged with murder and the trial began last Tuesday.

An investigation was launched into Mr Boardman’s death after his body was discovered at a house in Steven Close, just before 12.30am on Tuesday June 26. Emergency services were called to the house but he was sadly pronounced dead at the scene.

A post-mortem examination concluded that 59-year-old Mr Boardman died as a result of stab wounds.

The trial is taking place at Sheffield Crown Court and prosecutor Peter Moulson QC said a circular trail of blood almost three miles long was found to lead from Michael Goddard’s flat through woodlands before returning to his flat. The blood was tested and found to be the defendant’s blood.

A jacket belonging to the defendant was also found on the trail of blood, covered in a mix of Mr Boardman and Mr Goddard’s blood.

It was Mr Goddard who called the emergency services at 12.26am, claiming to have arrived at Mr Boardman’s flat to find an unidentified man who slashed at his hand before escaping through the window.