Terrence Abram Noster 

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a) DEATH: from certificate :-n1a Shock and haemorrhage secondary to nb Deep penetrating stab wound in necknII Air embolismnnHO case Ref 780373nDate crime committed 29/10/1978 at Great Cornard, SuffolknVictim: Terence Abraham Noster; age 43yrs Wales; unskilled workernCircumstantial code 2 - rage/quarrelnMethod of killing code 1; sharp instrumentnCourt proceedings; without conviction discharged/acquitted - not guiltynnDEATH: Suffolk Free Press Thursday 2nd November 1978.nMOTHER OF FOUR FACES MURDER CHARGE.nA 36-year-old woman appears before Mildenhall magistrates on Monday (30) accused of the murder of Terrence Noster at Great Cornard.nMrs Edwina Gahan, mother of four, of Rede Way, Great Cornard, was remanded in custody until November 7, when she will appear before Sudbury magistrates.nThe offence is alleged to have taken place at Great Cornard between October 28 and 29. Reporting restrictions were not lifted. The dead man was an unemployed machine operator. He was the father of three children, two of whom are living in the north of England.nMrs Gahan's children are being cared for by friends.nnBury Free Press 03 November 1978nMURDER CHARGEnA woman appeared before Mildenhall magistrates on Monday accused of murder. Mrs Edwina Gahan (36) of Rede Way, Great Cornard, is charged with the murder of Terrence Noster at Great Cornard between October 28 and 29. She was remanded in custody until November 7 when she will appear before Sudbury magistrates.nThe application for remand was made by Mrs Caroline Ludlow on behalf of the Police. Mr John Sheerin, for Mrs Gahan, raised no objection. Reporting restrictions were not lifted.nnSuffolk and Essex Free Press - Thursday 09 November 1978nBAIL FOR WOMAN FACING MURDER CHARGE. nThe Cornard mother of four accused of murdering the man she was living with was granted bail when she appeared before Sudbury Magistrates on Tuesday.nEdwina Gahan (36) who was living at 14 Rede Way, Great Cornard, is alleged to have killed Terrence Abraham Noster, aged 42, on the night of October 28-29.nThe day after her arrest she appeared at Mildenhall magistrates court and was at that time remanded in custody for eight days "because of the nature and gravity of the offence".nOn Tuesday a number of women neighbours from Cornard packed the public benches to hear Mrs Gahan's application for bail being allowed for a period of three weeks.nHer solicitor, Mr John Sheerin, said a friend, Mr Charles Hogger, was willing to stand surety for Mrs Gahan, and he and his wife would give her a home at 12 Cherrytree Road, Great Cornard until a new house was ready for her.nIt was anticipated that she would be able to move into the new home at 10 Minsmere Way within three or four days, added Mr Sheerin.nBail was granted on condition that she reside firstly with Mr and Mrs Hogger and thereafter at 10 Minsmere Way. That she she should report on Monday and Thursday at 2 pm to Sudbury police.nA further condition was that Mr Hogger should enter into a recognaisance of £250. Legal aid was further extended to cover committal proceedings.nReporting restrictions were not lifted for the remand hearing.nnSuffolk and Essex Free Press - Thursday 16 November 1978nINQUEST OPENED The inquest into the death of 43-year-old Terence Abraham Noster of 14, Rede Way, Gt. Cornard was opened at Sudbury courthouse on Tuesday night.nAfter formal identification by the deceased’s brother Mr Kenneth Morgan Noster of the Gt. Eastern Hotel, Sudbury and Pc Ralph Mac-Murray, the coroner Mr Humphrey Walrond Jnr adjourned the inquest for a date to be fixed.nnSuffolk and Essex Free Press - Thursday 30 November 1978nMURDER CHARGE: FURTHER REMAND Cornard mother of four Edwina Gahan was again remanded on bail when she appeared briefly before Sudbury magistrates on Tuesday accused of murdering Terrence Noster.nGahan (36) now living at 10 Minsmere Way, Great Cornard, is alleged to have killed Noster in the home they shared at the time at 14 Rede Way, Great Cornard on the night of October 28 to 29.nMrs Caroline Ludlow, prosecuting, said the police anticipated being able to go ahead with committal proceedings within three to four weeks. She added they had no objection to bail being continued for a further three weeks in the same terms as previously granted to Gahan.nThese are that she should reside at her new home address, report to Sudbury police on Monday and Thursday cach week and provide one surety of £250.nnSuffolk and Essex Free Press - Thursday 08 February 1979nMURDER CHARGE Committal proceedings were started at Sudbury yesterday against mother-of-four Edwina Gahan, 36, now living in London, who is accused of murdering 43-year old Terence Noster at her former address, 14 Rede Way, Great Cornard, on October 28.nIf magistrates decide there is a case to answer, the trial will be heard at Ipswich Crown Court.nnSuffolk and Essex Free Press - Thursday 15 February 1979nMURDER CHARGE IS REDUCED nA Great Cornard mother of four has been sent for trial accused of manslaughter in that she did unlawfully kill Terence Abraham Noster last October.nEdwina Mary Gahan (36), now said to be living at 10 Minsmere Way, Great Cornard was remanded on bail to stand trial at Ipswich Crown Court.nLast week in a seven hour hearing Sudbury magistrates considered whether the prosecution had made out a prima facie case to send Gahan for trial on the more serious charge of murder.nShe had been charged that on the night of October 28-29 she had murdered 42-year-old Terence Noster at the home they had shared at 14 Rede Way, Great Cornard. Mr Noster was the father of three children, one of whom was living with him until his death.nEarlier during the court hearing it had been said that Gahan was living in London but the press were directed they should not disclose that address.nAs a condition of bail Gahan was ordered to report once a week to Sudbury police station and notify them if she changed her address from 10 Minsmere Way.nA friend, Mrs Shirley Hogger, of Cherry Tree Road, Great Cornard stood surety in the sum of £250. Legal aid was extended to cover Mrs Gahan's defence at her trial.nnSuffolk and Essex Free Press - Thursday 10 May 1979nDEATH THREAT MAN ‘WOULD NOT HURT FLY’nA man walked into Sudbury police station and threatened to kill the woman accused of his brother’s manslaughter.nA special court heard that he vowed to make sure the woman would never appear before a court.nKenneth Morgan Noster (46) pleaded guilty to making a death threat to Edwina Mary Gahan. nHe also admitted conduct likely to cause a breach of the peace.nBut he said in court: “What 1 said was a load of rubbish. It was said in temper.”nMrs Gahan, of Minsmere Way, Great Cornard, is on bail awaiting trial. She is accused of the manslaughter of Mr Noster's brother Terrence at Cornard in October.nSudbury magistrates imposed a three-month sentence for the threat to kill Mrs Gahan. They also bound over Mr Noster to keep the peace for one year.nThe court heard that Mr Noster went to Sudbury police station in a vert emotional state after being told the manslaughter trial had been postponed.nHe made the death threats in front of two police officers.nMr Gareth Davies, prosecuting, said he had told police: “I am telling you now I will have that woman Gahan. She will never appear before the court. 1 don't care if 1 get 20 years.”nBut he said later in a statement that he was the kind of person who would not hurt a fly.nDefending, Mr David Shireff told the court that Mr Noster had drunk three pints of beer before going to the police station and the drink had loosened his tongue.nMr Noster who lodges at The Great Eastern Hotel, Sudbury, said he had never made any approaches to Mrs Gahan and had no intention of doing so.nThe court was told he intends to move to Wales after the trial to help his brother's widow bring up her three children.nnEastern Daily Press Wednesday 20 June 1979.nA telephone operator "eavesdropped" on the final moments of a Suffolk man dying from stab wounds, it was stated yesterday.nHe could hear the man, Mr. Terence Abraham Noster, moaning and groaning and a woman saying repeatedly "I didn't mean to do it. I love you, I love you." nThe woman, Mrs. Edwina Mary Gahan, denies the manslaughter of Mr. Noster, her common-law husband, at their home just after midnight on October 29th last year. nProsecuting, Mr. Robin Grey QC, told a jury at Norwich Crown Court the couple had lived together at 14, Rede Way, Great Cornard, near Sudbury, for several months.nThey had met a year earlier at a party. Gahan's four children and one of Mr. Noster's three boys lived with the.nMr. Grey said Gahan fatally stabbed Mr. Noster after a quarrel and struggle in the kitchen. Afterwards, she dialled 999 for an ambulance from the telephone in the hall.n"Mrs. Gahan was in such a state she dropped the receiver, enabling the operator to eavesdrop on what was going on in the kitchen.n"It appears Mr. Noster was still alive and the defendant was saying 'What shall I do? What have I done?'" added Mr. grey.nThe operator, Mr. John Duncan Campbell, from Lexton near Colchester, said in a statment a woman rang, shouting "get an ambulance here quickly."nHe calmed her and got her telephone number, but then she dropped the receiver. nBut the line was open and after calling an ambulance, Mr. Campbell heard a man's voice. n"The man's voice was indistinct, but he appeared to be groaning. I heard the woman saying 'I have sent for an ambulance. I'm sorry, I'm sorry,' several times."nThe woman picked up the receiver and asked him to send an ambulance, then went away again.nMr. Campbell did not hear the man again, but overheard the woman say "What can I do?"nMr. Grey said just before teh stabbing neighbours heard a man and woman shouting and screaming.nThis was followed by hysterical screams and a woman repeating "What shall I do ?"n"It appears the neighbours were listening to the fatal incident" said Mr. Grey.nA kitchen knife was found on the floor when police and ambulancemen arrived.nMr. Noster had been stabbed four times in the neck, left shoulder, left forearm and the back of the left hand.nThe neck would, added Mr. Grey, proved fatal. Mr. Noster would have collapsed within seconds and died moments later.nCross-examined by defence counsel, Mr. Anthony Scrivener, QC, home office pathologist, Dr. David Harrison, said if the wounds had been half a centimetre either way Mr. noster would probably have lived.nIn a statement to the police, Gahan said she tried to leave the house after a domestic argument with Mr. Noster.n"In the kitchen, he got me in a bear hug and lifetrd off the ground. Then he had me by the throat" she said.nGahan said she grabbed something and "banged away" at Mr. Noster.nHe said "You have killed me", ripped open his shirt and blood poured out.n"I don't know what happened. I didn't mean to kill him", she added.nMr. Scrivener (instructed by Greene and Greens, Bury St Edmunds) is assisted by Mr. Michael Hosford-Tanner, and Mr. Grey by Mr. Leo Charles.nThe trial continues today.nnEastern Daily Press Thursday 21 June 1979nPanic and fear drove Edwina Mary Gahan to lash out at her lover with a knife, a Norwich Crown Court jury heard yesterday.nGahan told the court that she wanted to escape from Terence Noster.nShe said she was frightened because during a struggle he had grabbed her round the throat, and she thought he might kill her.nBut she added that she did not realise she had lashed out with a knife until Mr. Noster pulled it from her.nGahan (37), of Minsmere Way, Great Cornard, near Sudbury, denies the manslaughter of Mr. Noster, her common-law husband, on October 29th last year.nGahan told the jury that she first met Terence Noster at a Jubilee party in June 1977. She said Noster and his wife did not get on very well, and he left home in January 1978. They began living together in March 1978, and one of his three children joined them and the four children from her marriage.nShe and Noster loved one another, but he was very jealous and possessive, and this sometimes led to arguments.nIn June they went to Wales to look for a house and a job. They were planning to marry as soon as his divorce came through.nWhen they returned they found that Noster's wife had gone away with his two other sons, and he was very upset about this. n"He started to say unkind things like if he had not met me he would have his kids, and things like that."nOn October 27th Noster came home after he had been drinking. She complained about his drinking because neither of them had a job at that time and she had been unable to give 10p to the three small children when they asked for it.nNoster slept on the couch that night, but he brought her a cup of tea in the morning. On the Saturday evening they went to the pub together and things were a bit strained.n"He was saying things to me very quietly - things like I was blowing hot and cold and he did not know where he stood".nGahan said she tried to reassure Noster about her feelings and told him he was being ridiculous. They got home between 11.30 and 11.45, and by that time Noster had got "quite nasty." nHe said something to her about probably being better off if he had another woman. She told him he could get out when he liked. n"He was shouting and I said, `Leave me alone. I'm going.' I went to go out of the front door. I opened the front door and he chased after me and pushed me back."nGahan said she went to the kitchen, but she could not get to the back door because Noster grabbed her round the waist.nThe bear hug was so hard that she was retching, and she could not move. She ended up by the kitchen cabinet.n"He grabbed me by the neck. He was shaking and bouncing me," said Gahan. "I was frightened."nSomehow she found herself by the sink with Noster, who seemed to be in a temper, standing close to her.n"I was getting really frightened. I could not move either way. I wanted to get out of the door so I grabbed something from the draining board." nAt the time she did not know that she had picked up a knife. "I just lashed out to get away."nShe first saw that she had been holding a knife when Noster pulled it from her.nIn reply to Mr. Robin Grey, QC, prosecuting, Gahan said she thought Noster was throttling her when he held her by the throat, and that he might kill her.nDr. Frank Cramer, of Bromley, Kent, said he held an honorary post as a lecturer in clinical forensic medicine. He examined Gahan about 60 hours after the incident. There were marks round her neck and there was an obvious bruise over the Adam's apple.nThere were bruises on her arms consistent with their having been gripped. He said that shaking someone was a very potent way of frightening them. nGahan is defended by Mr. Anthony Scrivner, QC, assisted by Mr. Michael Hosford-Tanner. Mr. Grey is assisted by Mr. Leo Charles.nThe jury is expected to retire to consider its verdict today.nnSuffolk and Essex Free Press - Thursday 21 June 1979nPANIC ATTACK KILLED LOVERnA 36-year-old mother-of-four stabbed her jealous lover to death during a row in the kitchen of their home in Great Cornard, Norwich Crown Court heard this week.nThen desperate for help she dialled 999 — and as her lover lay dying on the kitchen floor a telephone operator overheard her say: "l didn’t mean to do it. 1 love you. I love you.”nOperator John Campbell, of Lexden, said in a statement that a woman rang shouting: “Get an ambulance here quickly.”nHe calmed her down and got her number but then she dropped the receiver.nThe line was left open and after calling an ambulance Panic Mr Campbell heard Mrs Edwina Gahan saying “I'm sorry. I'm sorry” He could also hear a man moaning.nMrs Gahan. who denies manslaughter, told police that she fought in selt-defence after her lover Mr Terence Noster tried to throttle her.nDivorcee Mrs Gahan told police: “He was a very jealous and possessive man and this caused a lot of silly arguments which upset me.n“Without actually putting it into words he was me of having affairs with other men".nOn the night of the fatal row last October, Mrs Gahan said that Mr Noster told her he would be better off with another woman.nBut when she went to leave the house he grabbed her in a bear hug. “stopping me from breathing and making me feel sick" she told the police.nShe picked up something from the draining board which turned out to be a vegetable knife and lashed out at him.nMr Noster (43) staggered back ripping open his shirt and with blood pouring from a wound in his neck. He told Mrs Gahan' “You have Killed me".nShe tried to staunch the flow of biood and put a pillow under Mr Noster's head before calling an ambulance. But he died shortly before help arrived.nMr Robin Grey QC, prosecuting, told the jury the only defence to the charge was one of self-defence.nHe said the vital questions were whether it was necessary tor the detendant to use the force which she did and whether it was reasonable in the circumstances.nHe added "The prosecution say it was excessive and therefore it was not self-defence.nIn evidence. Mrs Gahan said that she had lashed out in panic at Mr Noster because she thought he was going to kill her.nShe said that during the row in the kitchen Mr Noster had put his hands round her throat “shaking and bouncing me up and down in anger".nShe added: "l was frightened and I thought he was going to throttle me. I thought he was going to kill me.nShe denied deliberately picking up a knife with which she stabbed Mr Noster, saying she had lashed out in panic to try to get away. nDr Frank Cramer, a lecturer in clinical forensic medicine at London Hospital Medical College, said that marks he found on Mrs Gahan’s neck were consistent with an attempt at strangulation.nHe added that shaking someone violently was a very potent way of frightening them.nThe trial continues.nnSuffolk and Essex Free Press - Thursday 28 June 1979nWIFE GLEARED OF KILLING CHARGE A burst of clapping from the public gallery at Norwich Crown Court greeted the decision of a jury to clear Edwina Mary Gahan of a charge of manslaughter.nMrs Gahan, 37, of Minsmere Way, Great Cornard, had claimed that she lashed out with a knife in self-defence when her common law husband, Terence Noster, grabbed her round the throat.nThe court had been told that Mr Noster, 43, died within minutes after being stabbed in the neck during an argument.nThe jury which included three women took an hour and a quarter to reach a decision.nMrs Gahan, who hurried from the court after hearing the verdict, was awarded £25 to cover travel costs.nAt her home later, Mrs Gahan was not available to comment, but a friend said: "She is obviously pleased that all these months of torment are over, but she would not wish to say more than that just now.”nDEATH: Response from the Crown Prosecution Service 23 Nov 2015 :-nThe CPS neither confirms nor denies holding the information you have requested. 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I provide below a link which contains a form to apply for a court transcript:nnnnUsing website https://www.localrecall.co.uknnDEATH: Published on Wednesday 20 Jun 1979 by the Eastern Daily Press.nnA telephone operator "eavesdropped" on the final moments of a Suffolk man dying from stab wounds, it was stated yesterday.nnHe could hear the man, Mr. Terence Abraham Noster, moaning and groaning and a woman saying repeatedly "I didn't mean to do it. I love you, I love you." nnThe woman, Mrs. Edwina Mary Gahan, denies the manslaughter of Mr. Noster, her common-law husband, at their home just after midnight on October 29th last year. nnProsecuting, Mr. Robin Grey QC, told a jury at Norwich Crown Court the couple had lived together at 14, Rede Way, Great Cornard, near Sudbury, for several months.nnThey had met a year earlier at a party. Gahan's four children and one of Mr. Noster's three boys lived with them.nnMr. Grey said Gahan fatally stabbed Mr. Noster after a quarrel and struggle in the kitchen. Afterwards, she dialled 999 for an ambulance from the telephone in the hall.nn"Mrs. Gahan was in such a state she dropped the receiver, enabling the operator to eavesdrop on what was going on in the kitchen.nn"It appears Mr. Noster was still alive and the defendant was saying 'What shall I do? What have I done?'" added Mr. grey.nnThe operator, Mr. John Duncan Campbell, from Lexton near Colchester, said in a statement a woman rang, shouting "get an ambulance here quickly."nnHe calmed her and got her telephone number, but then she dropped the receiver. nnBut the line was open and after calling an ambulance, Mr. Campbell heard a man's voice. nn"The man's voice was indistinct, but he appeared to be groaning. I heard the woman saying 'I have sent for an ambulance. I'm sorry, I'm sorry,' several times."nnThe woman picked up the receiver and asked him to send an ambulance, then went away again.nnMr. Campbell did not hear the man again, but overheard the woman say "What can I do?"nnMr. Grey said just before the stabbing neighbours heard a man and woman shouting and screaming.nnThis was followed by hysterical screams and a woman repeating "What shall I do ?"nn"It appears the neighbours were listening to the fatal incident" said Mr. Grey.nnA kitchen knife was found on the floor when police and ambulancemen arrived.nnMr. Noster had been stabbed four times in the neck, left shoulder, left forearm and the back of the left hand.nnThe neck wound, added Mr. Grey, proved fatal. Mr. Noster would have collapsed within seconds and died moments later.nnCross-examined by defence counsel, Mr. Anthony Scrivener, QC, home office pathologist, Dr. David Harrison, said if the wounds had been half a centimetre either way Mr. Noster would probably have lived.nnIn a statement to the police, Gahan said she tried to leave the house after a domestic argument with Mr. Noster.nn"In the kitchen, he got me in a bear hug and lifted me off the ground. Then he had me by the throat" she said.nnGahan said she grabbed something and "banged away" at Mr. Noster.nnHe said "You have killed me", ripped open his shirt and blood poured out.nn"I don't know what happened. I didn't mean to kill him", she added.nnMr. Scrivener (instructed by Greene and Greens, Bury St Edmunds) is assisted by Mr. Michael Hosford-Tanner, and Mr. Grey by Mr. Leo Charles.nnThe trial continues today.nnPublished on Thursday 21 Jun 1979 by the Eastern Daily Press.nnPanic and fear drove Edwina Mary Gahan to lash out at her lover with a knife, a Norwich Crown Court jury heard yesterday.nnGahan told the court that she wanted to escape from Terence Noster.nnShe said she was frightened because during a struggle he had grabbed her round the throat, and she thought he might kill her.nnBut she added that she did not realise she had lashed out with a knife until Mr. Noster pulled it from her.nnGahan (37), of Minsmere Way, Great Cornard, near Sudbury, denies the manslaughter of Mr. Noster, her common-law husband, on October 29th last year.nnGahan told the jury that she first met Terence Noster at a Jubilee party in June 1977. She said Noster and his wife did not get on very well, and he left home in January 1978. They began living together in March 1978, and one of his three children joined them and the four children from her marriage.nnShe and Noster loved one another, but he was very jealous and possessive, and this sometimes led to arguments.nnIn June they went to Wales to look for a house and a job. They were planning to marry as soon as his divorce came through.nnWhen they returned they found that Noster's wife had gone away with his two other sons, and he was very upset about this. nn"He started to say unkind things like if he had not met me he would have his kids, and things like that."nnOn October 27th Noster came home after he had been drinking. She complained about his drinking because neither of them had a job at that time and she had been unable to give 10p to the three small children when they asked for it.nnNoster slept on the couch that night, but he brought her a cup of tea in the morning. On the Saturday evening they went to the pub together and things were a bit strained.nn"He was saying things to me very quietly - things like I was blowing hot and cold and he did not know where he stood".nnGahan said she tried to reassure Noster about her feelings and told him he was being ridiculous. They got home between 11.30 and 11.45, and by that time Noster had got "quite nasty." nnHe said something to her about probably being better off if he had another woman. She told him he could get out when he liked. nn"He was shouting and I said, `Leave me alone. I'm going.' I went to go out of the front door. I opened the front door and he chased after me and pushed me back."nnGahan said she went to the kitchen, but she could not get to the back door because Noster grabbed her round the waist.nnThe bear hug was so hard that she was retching, and she could not move. She ended up by the kitchen cabinet.nn"He grabbed me by the neck. He was shaking and bouncing me," said Gahan. "I was frightened."nnSomehow she found herself by the sink with Noster, who seemed to be in a temper, standing close to her.nn"I was getting really frightened. I could not move either way. I wanted to get out of the door so I grabbed something from the draining board." nnAt the time she did not know that she had picked up a knife. "I just lashed out to get away."nnShe first saw that she had been holding a knife when Noster pulled it from her.nnIn reply to Mr. Robin Grey, QC, prosecuting, Gahan said she thought Noster was throttling her when he held her by the throat, and that he might kill her.nnDr. Frank Cramer, of Bromley, Kent, said he held an honorary post as a lecturer in clinical forensic medicine. He examined Gahan about 60 hours after the incident. There were marks round her neck and there was an obvious bruise over the Adam's apple.nnThere were bruises on her arms consistent with their having been gripped. He said that shaking someone was a very potent way of frightening them. nnGahan is defended by Mr. Anthony Scrivner, QC, assisted by Mr. Michael Hosford-Tanner. Mr. Grey is assisted by Mr. Leo Charles.nnThe jury is expected to retire to consider its verdict today.

b) Elizabeth Robson is mother of: Dewi-William Noster (*?), Rhys Victor M Noster (*?) and Terence Silas G Noster (*?)