of his next door neighbour lying half naked on her bed with a pillow over her face.

The emotional moment came during the first day of a Supreme Court trial of a 25-year-old Paget man who is charged with murdering bed-ridden Maureen Edith Parker, 67, on September 27, 1995.

Richard Steve Williams, of Ord Road, is represented by lawyer Mark Pettingill and pleaded not guilty to the offence.

Mr. Faries told the court that William Smith, who had prepared meals for long-time arthritis sufferer Mrs. Parker, came to his home on the morning of September 27 and asked him for his spare key to the lady's home.

Mr. Faries said he and his wife, Kathy, went with Mr. Smith and unlocked Mrs.

Parker's home at Number Five, Middle Road.

He said he went to her bedroom where he found her lying on her bed with a pillow over her head and her nightdress pulled up around her chest.

There was a box of tissues on top of the pillow and a white envelope containing some coins on her chest, he continued.

When he found that she was not breathing, he told his wife to call the Police, he added.

Mr. Smith told the court that he had cared for Mrs. Parker's husband and then her after he died.

He said he prepared her meals for her while she was bedridden and had prepared her supper the night before she died.

Mr. Smith said Mrs. Parker normally called him in the morning but did not on September 27.

He said he called her twice but there was no answer so he went to her home and called out to her but there was still no answer.

Mr. Smith said he then went to Mr. Faries' home -- who had a spare key -- and got Mr. and Mrs. Faries to return to the house with him.

Det. Insp. Howard Cutts, of Police's Scenes of Crime office, told the court that he arrived at Number Five, Middle Road with Government pathologist John Winwick who examined Mrs. Parker and determined she was dead.

Dr. Winwick later testified that his examination showed Mrs. Parker had died of asphyxiation and she was covered in fresh bruises, which indicated she had struggled.

However there were no bruises around her neck so he said he did not believe she had been strangled but suffocated with the pillow.

Det. Insp. Cutts said the house was secured so Police officers could gather forensic evidence, including fingerprints.

Shoe prints were found on a dusty table outside an open rear window and inside the house, he said.

Mrs. Parker was taken to the mortuary at King Edward VII Memorial Hospital, wrapped in her bed sheet and inside a body bag, he continued.

When she was removed from the sheet later on, he said, a package of Samson tobacco and some paper matches were found.

Williams was later arrested at Ord Road on suspicion of breaking and entering Mrs. Parker's home, and his clothes -- including a pair of Nike sneakers -- were taken for examination.

A package of Samson tobacco and a cigarette lighter were found in his pocket and William's home was later searched where a bag of his dirty clothing was seized by Police.

The impression of the shoe prints found at Mrs. Parker's home were found to match the size, make and pattern of William's shoes.

Det. Insp. Cutts said this was not conclusive evidence but it was consistent with the Police's findings.

Det. Sgt. Keith Cassidy told the court that he took Williams' fingerprints and passed them on to civilian fingerprint expert Ian Grant along with copies of fingerprints he had taken from Mrs. Parker's home.

Mr. Grant testified that three samples of fingerprints from the murder scene he compared with William's fingerprints had 16 similar characteristics.

Williams was taken to the hospital where samples of his hair and blood were taken which were passed on to the Government analyst Alan Young for further examination, said Det. Insp. Cutts.