George Gordon said his 'head had gone' and he was 'feeling despondent' in messages sent on the day of the song contest
George Gordon at Eurovision in Liverpool around a month after Delia McInerney's death
George Gordon at Eurovision in Liverpool around a month after Delia McInerney's death(Image: Merseyside Police)
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A man was pictured attending Eurovision in Liverpool weeks after allegedly killing and dismembering his "soul mate" before leaving her body in his freezer for nearly three years. [Delia McInerney was found dead in George Gordon's flat on Gerards Court in St Helens alongside her five "beloved" guinea pigs](https:// https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/man-face-murder-trial-live-34848915), who he is alleged to have drowned then similarly frozen, in January this year.
But the 62-year-old, from Anfield, was said to have been killed as long ago as April 2023, having apparently been hit over the head with a hammer. She had supposedly been planning to move to Portugal to enjoy a "new life" only days later.
Gordon, who was known as "Chris", meanwhile bought a sledgehammer and electric handsaw from eBay in the weeks before Ms McInerney's death before stealing thousands of pounds from her bank account and taking out a £10,000 loan in her name. The 65-year-old is currently on trial at Liverpool Crown Court accused of her murder.
The jury of five men and seven women continued to hear of the timeline of events following Ms McInerney's death yesterday, Wednesday. This included an email sent from the deceased's email account to a friend on May 3, 2023 which referenced the upcoming coronation of King Charles, reading: "Believe it or not, Chris has got an invitation to the coronation of that shape shifting lizard on Saturday and got me a ticket as a carer to look after him. For the last 40 years, he's been getting Christmas cards off him. If he thinks I'm curtsying to him, he can f*** off."
The same day, Gordon messaged contacts to state that he was "in London for the coronation". Then, shortly before 7pm, his internet history showed him an ECHO article headlined: "Man kept dead flatmate's body in freezer for two years."
With Gordon having apparently had two tickets for the Eurovision Song Contest and the event scheduled to take place at the M&S Bank Arena 10 days later, another email sent from Ms McInerney's account that evening said: "Going back to see her tomorrow. Still in coma. I am falling apart Julia.
"We have an invitation for the coronation and the Eurovision song concert. My life is so empty not hearing her voice. In 23 years, we have never missed more than three days wherever we are. I am just sitting and crying all the time. Life seems meaningless without her in it. We both said, providing the other one was contactable, wherever in the world we were, then it was bearable. I just pray she recovers. Will let you know as soon as I know anything."
A selfie of George Gordon taken at Eurovision in Liverpool
A selfie of George Gordon taken at Eurovision in Liverpool(Image: Merseyside Police)
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Gordon 'introduced to Stephen Fry and Joanna Lumley by Spike Milligan'
Gordon then took a flight from Porto to Liverpool John Lennon Airport the following morning, having been in Portugal for the previous 10 days. That evening, Ms McInerney's phone was used to send a message to another friend which said: "Going with Chris to the coronation as his support worker. Only he would get an invitation from the lizards to attend their crowning. He has Christmas cards every year off Charles."
Three days later, on May 7, Ms McInerney's phone added in another text to the same woman: "We had to get to the abbey for 7.30am. When we got there, they decided Chris' wheelchair was too wide for the space allocated, so they stuck us at the very back of the section that all the actors and luvvies had been placed in.
"We could see f*** all of the ceremony itself, just everyone passing and surrounded by foreigners. Took two hours to get through security. Chris did of course know some of the canons at the abbey who were at Cambridge with him.
"As we were leaving, Stephen Fry and Joanna Lumley appeared in front of us and both of them called out to Chris. I thought he had been bulls***ting me about knowing them. Of course, it turned out, when Chris was running the Manic Depression Fellowship, Spike Milligan had introduced them."
The message also said that Lumley had "agreed to be a patron of my guinea pig sanctuary" and added: "Got to go, Chris is taking me to an expensive vegan restaurant. He is a dimwit, but I have come to realise I don't know what I would do if he wasn't there. That's why I worry about his health so much, but he takes no notice. He believes he's going to make 97 because his mother told him he would."
On May 11, 2023, Ms McInerney had also been due to fly from Porto to Liverpool but had been a "no show", with the first leg of this return journey having been booked for April 13. This previous flight was also not boarded, with the alleged murder said to have occurred two days earlier on April 11.
The following day, Gordon sent a message to Susana Antunes, a friend of Ms McInerney's in Portugal, stating: "Dee still in coma, but they think it may not have been a stroke. They have found a brain tumour which may have caused it."
On May 13, Gordon messaged a friend of Ms McInerney's using her phone stating that his "head had gone" and he was "feeling so despondent" after her guinea pigs had apparently died. That night, he then used the same device to take two pictures while in attendance at the Eurovision Song Contest, one showing the arena itself and the other being a selfie of the defendant in the crowd.
A picture taken by George Gordon at Eurovision in Liverpool
A picture taken by George Gordon at Eurovision in Liverpool(Image: Merseyside Police)
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Delia McInerney 'not seen for some time'
Martin Reid KC, appearing for the crown, previously told the jury during the prosecution's opening last week: "On the 8th of January this year, the police attended the defendant George Gordon's flat in St Helens. They went there because concerns had been raised by a number of people and agencies about the whereabouts and wellbeing of Delia McInerney.
"Ms McInerney had been friends with the defendant for many years and spent much of her time living at his flat, although she had her own house in Liverpool and property abroad. Ms McInerney's friends had not seen her for some time. The defendant, for over 18 months, lied to them about her whereabouts and sometimes pretended to be Ms McInerney when communicating with her friends by phone messages or email.
"Unbeknown to them, but known very well to the defendant, Delia McInerney had died in April 2023 at the defendant's hands. Her dismembered body was found in a chest freezer in the defendant's flat on the 8th of January this year.
"In the meantime, the defendant fraudulently obtained thousands of pounds from her bank accounts and obtained a loan and credit cards in her name. The defendant admits that he killed Delia McInerney but claims, we understand, that he acted in self-defence."
Gordon, who is represented by Gordon Cole KC and Philip Tully, denies murder and causing unnecessary suffering to an animal after allegedly drowning five guinea pigs. The trial, before Mr Justice Goose, continues.