A man who killed his partner by repeatedly slamming her head on the floor after an argument on their first anniversary has been convicted of her murder.
Kain Tailby assaulted Christine Everett-Hickson, known as Chrissie, in the kitchen of the couple’s flat in Greenhill Lane, Riddings, when they returned home from a night out on 17 February 2024.
The pair argued and after what Tailby described as some “pushing and shoving” he pinned Chrissie to the ground before grabbing her by the neck and hitting her head on the floor a number of times – with a neighbour describing how he heard several loud bangs before silence.
A short time later Tailby called 999, asking for both ambulance and police. During the call Tailby tried to downplay his actions – and even attempted to paint Chrissie as the instigator of the “pushing and shoving”.
He told the operator that Chrissie was in the bath, bleeding from her ear and he had been trying to clean up the blood.
Chrissie was rushed to hospital where doctors discovered she had suffered a number of skull fractures and a traumatic brain injury which she would not survive. The 21-year-old died five days later.
Tailby was arrested at the scene and in interview told officers various stories about what had happened that night and, although, claiming to feel guilty and remorseful about what happened, he was never able to explain his intentions in assaulting Chrissie in the way that he did.
After being charged with murder, the 31-year-old, of Greenhill Lane, Riddings, admitted manslaughter but denied intentionally killing Chrissie.
However, today he was found guilty of murder by a jury after a trial at Derby Crown Court.
