Joan Hoggett murder trial: Customer tells jury how he tried to help Sunderland One Stop shop worker after she was repeatedly stabbed

A customer has told jurors he tried to comfort tragic Joan Hoggett after she was repeatedly stabbed in her store.
Joan Hoggett was a much loved great-grandmother.Joan Hoggett was a much loved great-grandmother.
Joan Hoggett was a much loved great-grandmother.

George Jones was a regular at the One Stop Shop and had told the court he had gone in on September 5 last year to buy some cans but had not noticed anything unusual at first.He told jurors at Newcastle Crown Court: "I bent down to get my cans and when I got back up and turned around I saw a woman on the floor."I thought she had fallen over."