Lisa Fraser was found dead at her home in Pembroke Dock in May 2022 with a cut throat. The man who claimed to have killed her was found hanged in prison days later
A mum-of-three who was allegedly murdered in her own home had her throat cut, an inquest into her death has heard.
Lisa Fraser was found dead at her home in Pembroke Dock in May 2022. Matthew Harris was arrested moments after leaving her house and later charged with murder but was found hanged in his prison cell at HMP Long Lartin in Worcestershire on May 27, 2022. He died the following day aged 41.
An inquest into 52-year-old Ms Fraser’s death was opened by the assistant coroner for Pembrokeshire and Carmarthenshire, Paul Bennett, this morning. The coroner’s court heard from Ps James Langford from Dyfed-Powys Police.
He said a post-mortem carried out at the University Hospital of Wales in Cardiff found that Mrs Fraser died from “multiple sharp force injuries including a cut throat”. The court heard there had been police reports on the morning she died, and at around 6.40am, a man matching Harris’ description, was causing criminal damage to a property and a vehicle in the Neyland area.
However, the court was told that officers had been unable to find him. Detective Sergeant Jamie Hughes then said that at 8am Pembroke Dock police station received a call from a man who had been threatened on Military Road.
The man said he was threatened by another man who had “thrust a knife” towards the open window of his car and said “you’re going to die”. The man reversed his car and drove away from the scene to contact police.
DS Hughes said firearms officers were then dispatched to the road to perform a welfare check. When police constables arrived in the street Harris came out of a home, with his hands up and said he needed to go to jail before putting his hands behind his back.
Harris then told officers: “I killed a Nazi. I’ve just killed a Nazi in there.” When Harris was then arrested shortly after on suspicion of murder, he replied: “Guilty as charged.”
PC Simon Hayward, who was the arresting officer, said that Harris then proceeded to tell officers he had left “exhibits” for them in the house. He said Harris told them: “I have left things in there for you boys as evidence.”
The inquest also heard from James Jarrod, a friend of Harris’ dad. He said Harris had visited him at his home the day before the alleged murder wearing a balaclava.
Harris told Mr Jarrod that his mum died that morning of a “massive heart attack”, but when he phoned around he discovered she was still alive.
The inquest heard that Mrs Fraser was born in Kent on July 11, 1969, and had moved to Pembrokeshire in 2003 with her husband, a self-employed carpenter, and her three children. She had worked at several care homes in the area before becoming a cleaner in 2021.
The inquest continues.