A look back at the key events in the case of Natalie Jarvis, who was murdered in Swanley Village.
May 24, 2008
Adam Whelehan was present at Metro Bar, in Station Road, Sidcup, the night Harry Potter actor Robert Knox was murdered outside. The court heard he met Natalie Jarvis a week later in a local pub through mutual friends. The two discussed attending Mr Knox’s funeral and exchanged phone numbers. Adam Whelehan did not eventually attend the funeral.
June, 2012
Whelehan breaks up with his girlfriend and changes his relationship status on Facebook. Miss Jarvis resumes contact with him and he told the court she did so after she noticed the change in his relationship status online.
July 9, 2012
July 13, 2012
Whelehen said he received a text message from Miss Jarvis telling him she was pregnant.
July 23, 2012
July 24, 2012
Whelehan posted on Twitter messages reading: "Waiting for the end to come.
"Wishing I had the strength to stand.
August 6, 2012
Whelehan posts on Twitter: "How do you do it? #murderous mind." After the tweet was read out in court by defence counsel Sasha Wass QC, he told jurors: “All the pressure was getting too much. It was a stupid figure of speech.
"I started to drink quite a bit more too. Either at work I would go to the pub at lunch and I would drink some beers and then go back to work or go home because I couldn't concentrate."
September 6, 2012
Fuller texts Whelehan saying: “Just f***ing stab the c*** or something.”
Whelehan’s responds: “Need to. She’s a p***k.”
September 17, 2012
Fuller sends a message on Twitter to Whelehan saying: "the end is nigh jc, the end is nigh."
JC was a reference to Whelehan and Fuller thinking Miss Jarvis looked like actor James Corden.
When quizzed about this message in court, Whelehan said: "I thought she was pregnant but also thought she might not be."
September 19, 2012
Whelehan tells Fuller via text message that he is 'doing JC in tomorrow.'
When asked about these text messages, Whelehan told the court: "She had different shifts. I would not have stabbed her in McDonalds."
September 21, 2012
When Fuller asks Whelehan if he has heard from Miss Jarvis, he says via text message: "She is on late on Monday until 11pm so I'll do it then."
Defence counsel Sasha Wass QC asked Whelehan what this meant and he said: "I think that means talk to her. Talk to her about it all and sort it out. It was going to try and make it civil really."
September 30, 2012
10.40pm: Text from Fuller to Whelehan: “Kill anyone tonight?”
Whelehan to Fuller: “No, only in my mind.”
October 1, 2012
Whelehan met Miss Jarvis on this evening and drove her, along with her friend Chelsea, to Burger King.
When this Facebook post was mentioned in court, Whelehan said: "It is not particuarly the sort of thing you put on Facebook. Natalie and me were talking and started arguing. She decided to start saying about kidnap. She actually rung Chelsea to say Adam has kidnapped me."
October 3, 2012
Whelehan speaking about the day of Miss Jarvis' death: “All that day I was just getting abuse. That wasn’t unusual. It was the same every day, just constant texting. I wanted to be able to enjoy myself and have fun. She wanted a text back though.”
Prosecutor Ian Acheson to Whelehan, about October 3: “We know at the end of that evening that Natalie Jarvis was dead. You were involved in an incident in Button Street during which a multi-tool knife was used.”
6.30pm: CCTV shows Whelehan and Fuller at Ruxley Park Golf Club, in Sidcup.
8.24pm: Whelehan and Fuller leave Ruxley Park Golf Club.
8.45pm: Both men arrive at the Tailor’s Chalk Pub, in Sidcup High Street. Giving evidence, Whelehan said: “I don’t remember being at the Tailor’s Chalk that night.”
9.21pm: Whelehan and Fuller leave the Tailor’s Chalk and head towards the Portrait Pub. Whelehan told the court: “I remember a bit of the Portrait but I have no recollection of what was said.”
9.46pm: Text from Steven Hughes to Matthew Woods (friends of Whelehan's): "He still with ya?"
9.47pm: Matthew Woods to Steven Hughes: "Yeah, not for long though."
9.48pm: Steven Hughes to Matthew Woods: "Fair enough. What you reckon on this?"
9.53pm: Matthew Woods to Steven Hughes: "Right now I hope he does it."
Woods told the court “he did not remember” sending the texts “because he was extremely drunk."
When asked what the text exchange meant, Mr Woods said: “That I hope he was going to kill her, by the looks of it.”
Hughes told the jury: “In the heat of the moment we hoped he would because we could see how upset he was and how it was affecting his life."
10.10pm: CCTV shows Whelehan and Fuller leaving the toilets at the Portrait Pub, in Sidcup High Street. When asked what the pair talked about in the toilets, Whelehan said: “I discussed the way I had been all day and all the abuse and how all of a sudden she wants me to pick her up. I said that I thought it felt quite dodgy.”
10.30pm: A police automatic number plate recognition vehicle clocks Whelehan’s red Renault Clio hatchback travelling on Maidstone Road towards Swanley.
10.32pm: Whelehan texts Miss Jarvis saying “Outside.” One minute later Miss Jarvis replies “Two mins.” At the same time Fuller texts a photograph of himself in the boot of the car to his friend Bridie McCann.
Whelehan's red Renault Clio then travels towards a secluded car park in Button Lane and at 10.50pm, Whelean and Miss Jarvis get out of the car.
The prosecution says “by the time Whelehan returned to the car, then driven by Fuller, Miss Jarvis lay dead.”
10.54pm: CCTV footage shows the Renault Clio leaving Button Street.
Ambulance crews immediately noticed two substantial wounds to her beck.
11.29pm: Responding to the text received from Whelehen at 11pm, Matthew Woods texted Steven Hughes saying: “Yes!!! Have you received the same message?"
Steve Hughes to Matthew Woods: “I don’t know what to say mate.”
11.30pm: Miss Jarvis was pronounced dead.
11.37pm: Whelehan and Fuller arrive at Tesco Express in Eltham High Street after picking up Matthew Woods from Sidcup High Street. Blood-stained Whelehan stays in car and hands his credit card to Woods and Fuller.
October 4, 2012
Midnight: Mr Woods, Fuller and Whelehan park up close to Mr Hughes’ house in Eltham and meet Mr Hughes who had been babysitting his child. They stand around drinking and smoking.
12.30am: Mr Hughes returns home and Fuller, Whelehan and Mr Woods get into the car. Fuller drives and drops off Mr Woods at his home.
7.15am: Fuller texts his friend Rebecca Morgan saying he was "really scared."
October 5, 2012
Adam Whelehan is charged with murdering Miss Jarvis.
October 11, 2012
Police arrest Tom Fuller in Eltham.
October 12, 2012
Tom Fuller is also charged with murdering Miss Jarvis.
February 6, 2013
Whelehan and Fuller plead not guilty to murdering Miss Jarvis during a plea and case management hearing at Maidstone Crown Court.
April 3, 2013
The murder trial begins at Maidstone Crown Court.
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