PC Phillips widow makes emotional statement outside court

PC Dave Phillips widow Jen addressed the media after Clayton Williams was convicted of her manslaughter.

Published 21st Mar 2016

PC Dave Phillips widow Jen addressed the media after Clayton Williams was convicted of her manslaughter.

In court the officer's widow, Jen Phillips, 29, broke down in tears as she told how she has been left in a living hell'' after the killing in Wallasey Dock Link Road, Merseyside, in the early hours of October 5 last year. In highly emotional scenes, she told the court:I and the children are the ones living a life sentence. He not only killed my husband, he's killed something inside me too. If hell was real, I'm certainly living in it.'' Reading from her heart-rending victim impact statement, she addressed Williams directly in the dock, accusing him of playingGod'' by killing her husband. Even now I close my eyes and pray this is all a horrible nightmare'', she said.I'm living my worst nightmare.'' As she spoke, jurors wept and Williams himself, head bowed, began to wipe away tears. Here's her full statmement outside court: