THE partner of a pensioner killed by a crossbow arrow told a court she was warned not to tell police about an alleged property fraud.

Gerald Corrigan, 74, was shot at his remote farm, Gof Du, on the outskirts of Holyhead in the early hours of April 19 last year.

The prosecution allege that Terence Whall drove to the property Mr Corrigan shared with his disabled partner Marie Bailey, 64, and fired the bolt after the pensioner came out of the property to check on his satellite dish.

Ms Bailey told Mold Crown Court that after her partner was taken to hospital she stayed with a friend, Wyn Lewis, who advised her to suggest a sum of £50,000 was being given to him for renovation work on Mr Corrigan’s mother’s house.

“He asked me to lie to police that the money was to buy some land and a property, but Wyn was taking the money for whatever he was going to do with it,” she said.

“He asked me not to talk to the police about a fraud that he was involved in with the money he took from us.

“I quickly realised that he was not going to look after me. I did not feel safe with him at all.”

Ms Bailey said the couple never got to see the builder’s work at the property or planning details to revamp Gof Du ready for sale, but that large sums of cash – up to £250,000 - were handed over by the pair to him.

Ms Bailey said she had prayed Mr Corrigan would survive his “significant” injuries so that he could “speak for both of us”.

But the crossbow bolt penetrated the pensioner’s body and broke his arm. He suffered massive internal injuries and was placed in an induced coma at the Royal Stoke Hospital where he died on May 11.

Whall, 39, of Bryngwran, Anglesey is accused of his murder.

Two other men Martin Roberts, 34, of James Street, Bangor and Darren Jones 41, of Bryn Ogwen Estate, Penrhosgarnedd changed their pleas on Monday and admitted a charge of arson relating to a Landrover Whall had access to.

Whall was arrested after telemetric data in the Landrover and CCTV placed him at the location at the time of the shooting.

Police investigations revealed he had bought crossbow bolts online despite claiming to have sold a crossbow to a stranger before the killing.

Whall claimed he was in the area because he was involved in a gay sex encounter with another man.

Ms Bailey said that on the night her partner was shot she went to bed at 9pm which was usual for her as she liked to retire early, while Mr Corrigan would often stay up late to work on his computer.

She woke up to hear him shouting loudly downstairs. He was bleeding profusely and shouting that his arm was broken.

“How he got himself upstairs I don’t know as he was bleeding heavily and he was in a lot of pain,” said Ms Bailey. “He got himself to the bathroom. He was gripping his body and arm.”

She tried to stem the bleeding as much as she could with towels and she rang for an ambulance.

“He was in pain and he was making noises. At one point he said to me he felt he was having a heart attack and they needed to come quickly as he was bleeding very heavily,” she added.

The arrow bolt which struck Mr Corrigan was later found by a paramedic.

Ms Bailey recalled fetching some clothes for her partner to take to the hospital and she admitted: “The policeman said that Gerry had a significant injury. I was very shocked. But at the time I thought he had a broken arm and I would be driving him home.”

Ms Bailey told how Mr Corrigan was her carer as she had suffered from MS for nearly 20 years. They had met in Lancaster and moved to Anglesey in 1998 after he changed his teaching job.

Whall, of Garddfa, Bryngwran denies murder. He also denies a charge of perverting the course of justice and conspiracy to commit arson in relation to the Landrover which was later found burnt out.

A third co-accused, Gavin Jones, 36, of High Street, Bangor denies perverting the course of justice and conspiracy to commit arson.

The trial continues.