Daniel Wallace murder: Accused confessed to killing, jury told

Sarah-Jane Nock told Birmingham Crown Court Sam Arnold, 21, had admitted murdering Indiga Daniel Wallace in Great Bridge to her.

She and a friend called 999 five times on the night of December 9 to report this alleged confession.

But Miss Nock's testimony was called into question as it emerged she was drunk on the night she claims Arnold confessed - and later admitted she was 'very forgetful'.

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The court heard earlier how Miss Nock had gone to her sister Penny Harper's home on December 9, where Arnold was present.

Miss Harper had also been arrested in connection with Mr Wallace's death, the jury heard.

Miss Nock told the court that Arnold started to cry when she asked how close the pair's home was to the flat in Fisher Street, where Mr Wallace was found dead on November 11.

She said: "Then something made me ask him 'Sam did you do it?' then he said 'yes'."

In five 999 calls played out in court, Miss Nock and a friend repeatedly called police to tell them Arnold had owned up to the crime.

During one of the calls, Miss Nock said: "The boy confessed to me."

However, under cross-examination from Mr Sidhu, it emerged she had been drinking with a friend before heading to her sister's flat in Slater Street.

Miss Nock said she had one glass of Prosecco and four cans of Woodpecker cider - then carried on drinking at Miss Harper's.

The court heard Miss Nock's memory may have been impaired by the alcohol she had consumed.

Mr Sidhu said: "I suggest to you that you were drinking that evening...

"Would you agree that when you were talking to the police on those 999 calls you were drunk then?

"Would you agree that on those calls you were actually slurring because you were drunk and having difficulties properly?"

Miss Nock replied: "Maybe that wasn't down to the drink and it was because someone had just told me that he had killed somebody."

However, later after admitting she was 'very forgetful' she also said she did not remember speaking to police on the 999 calls.

"I don't remember holding the phone or anything but that's my voice so I must've done it," she said.

Arnold, of Slater Street, Tipton, denies murder and the trial continues.