A woman killed her partner after carrying him on the bonnet of their car along a rural road following an argument during a Sunday afternoon trip to a pub, a jury was told this afternoon (Tuesday).
Alison Skingsly (43) drove out of the pub car park with Kevin Nix on the bonnet before continuing onto a rural road and across a river before coming to a halt.
Mr Nix (46) fell from the car and was seriously hurt as a result of the incident.
He died three days later from his injuries.
James Thomas, prosecuting, told the jury at Lincoln Crown Court the couple argued after Skingsly accused Mr Nix of flirting with another woman in the pub.
“Alison Skingsly had been in a relationship with Kevin Nix since 2013.
“On Sunday, June 24 2018, they went together to the Ye Olde Bridge Inn pub near Crowland.
“It was a location they had frequented on a number of occasions previously.
“Following an afternoon drinking at the pub an argument developed.
“This argument developed where the defendant Alison Skingsly got into the car and carried Kevin Nix on the bonnet of that car out of the pub car park, turning right onto the road and then across the River Welland before bringing the vehicle to a deliberate stop causing Kevin Nix to be propelled from the vehicle.”
The prosecutor said that Mr Nix had climbed onto the car bonnet in an attempt to stop Skingsly from driving off.
“Whilst his actions were perhaps ill-advised as regards his own safety his intentions were to try and stop Alison Skingsly from driving away while under the influence of alcohol.”
“He suffered injuries and he subsequently died from those on 27 June.
“The prosecution say she intended to cause him serious harm when she acted in that way.
“Intending to cause serious harm to someone and causing their death is murder.”
After the incident Skingsly failed a breath test with the reading being 64mgs of alcohol per 100mls of breath compared to the legal limit of 35mgs.
Skingsly, of Thames Road, Spalding, denies the murder of Kevin Nix on 27 June 2018 and an alternative charge of manslaughter.
The trial continues.
