THE husband of a murdered mum of five has told of the harrowing moment he found his wife stabbed to death in a field.

In a statement read out to Winchester Crown Court, Pennie Davis' husband Pete, spoke of how he "screamed and screamed" when he made to grim discovery.

It came on the second day of the trial of Justin Robertson, Benjamin Carr and Samantha Maclean, who are all accused of conspiring to murder the 47-year-old.

Robertson, 36, is also accused of her murder. They all deny the charges.

Prosecutor Richard Smith read out Pete Davis' statement to the jury, which detailed the moment he found his wife.

Sobbing could be heard from the public gallery as the court was told how he first saw Pennie lying on the ground and assumed she was sunbathing.

But when he shouted out to her and she didn't react, he knew something was wrong and ran towards her, jurors were told.

The court heard how Mr Davis described to police that when he knelt beside her she was pale and there was blood on her cheek.

He said: "She was all cut up, she had blood at the top of her head."

He added that he lifted up her t-shirt which was soaked with blood and saw a "hole".

He said: "I just dropped the t-shirt down an started screaming. I shouted out 'no not this way, no not this way'.

In his statement, Mr Davis described how he screamed for help and as others arrived he was dragged away.

He told police: "I just lost it and collapsed. I screamed and screamed and screamed".

Earlier Winchester Crown Court was read a statement from Lauren Hartmann, a neighbour of Emily James, who Robertson was staying with in Mill Pond.

She said in the fortnight leading up to September 2, the day supermarket worker Pennie was stabbed to death in a field near, Beaulieu, she first started seeing a Honda Civic coming into her road in the early hours of the morning.

She said the car would park up and Robertson would either get in and the car would drive off, or Robertson would get out after a while.

It wasn't until a few days later that she found out the driver was Ben Carr.

She added the car would appear daily, but that after September 2, she only saw it once more.

Earlier, the jury heard from the ex-partner of Pennie and father of Carr, Timothy Carr.

He admitted that his relationship with Pennie, which lasted seven years, was "toxic".

During his evidence the court heard how the relationship between Pennie and his son Ben started to breakdown when Ben saw her having sex with another man, when Timothy was away working.

When Timothy confronted Pennie about this she claimed she had been raped.

When it was reported to police, Pennie asked Ben Carr to confirm she was having sex against her will but he refused, as he didn't believe that was the case. No further action was taken.

In December 2006, Pennie made allegations that Ben Carr had sexually assaulted girls, which he repeatedly denied.

After these claims, which police took no further action over, jurors heard how Ben Carr moved out to live with his mum.

When asked if he regretted choosing Pennie over his son, Timothy said he did.

The court heard that after the relationship ended with Pennie, Timothy's relationship with his son gradually improved, but he told jurors he had no idea that he had dealings with drugs.

The court then heard how Pennie sent messages to Timothy's fiancée Alison McIntyre, in August last year, wishing her "good luck" with her upcoming marriage, which was just a few weeks away.

Within those messages she also mentioned the historic claims made against Ben in 2006.

Miss McIntyre didn't respond but Ben found out about the messages on August 20, and was "rocked" by them.

Timothy Carr told both his fiancée and his son not to worry about it and to leave it alone.

He added that there "was always a threat" from Pennie, who he said would constantly bring up the claims during their relationship.

Proceeding.