Updated: 4:04 p.m. June 30, 2022 A teenage girl was crushed to death after being pushed back by her father, according to a court. Nigel Malt, 44, was tried in Norwich Crown Court for denying the murder of his daughter Lauren Malt. Nigel Malt on trial for denying murder of his daughter Lauren – Credit: Shutterstock The 19-year-old was pronounced dead on January 23 of this year, after the crash of Malt’s Mercedes car in Leete Way, West Winch, shortly before 19:30. Andrew Jackson, opening the prosecution case on Thursday (June 30th), said that Nigel Malt “got in his car backwards and knocked down his daughter”. He said: “After hitting her on the ground, he then reversed his car over her. “She stopped and then drove the car over her body.” Lauren Malt is “essentially crushed to death” during the incident, which Jackson said happened after Malt threatened his daughter’s friend, Arthur Marmel, with a crowbar. Lauren’s screams as Malt ran her were heard by the jury, which played CCTV recordings and recordings of part of the incident recorded by terrified neighbors. Mr Jackson told jurors: “What you heard there was the sound of what the prosecution said was nothing short of murder.” He said Malt “used his car as a lethal weapon”. He added: “A car when driving at speed when driving over another person will inevitably cause death or really serious damage. “This is simple common sense.” Police conduct door-to-door searches after Lauren Malt’s death in West Winch – Credit: Chris Bishop The seven men and seven women on the jury – two of whom will retire after the opening – were heard at the time of the incident as Malt being “alienated” from his family, including his wife Karen and Lauren’s daughter. Jackson said his relationship with his wife was “marked by alcohol, drugs, anger and threats of violence from the accused.” After splitting. Malt’s wife, Karen, Lauren’s daughter, and her other siblings lived together at her grandmother’s house in Little Way. In the spring of 2021, Malt had twice assaulted his wife, resulting in his arrest and release on bail on the condition that he not contact or visit his wife, who worked in a store in West Winch. Jackson said Malt felt “wronged” that his wife left him and took their children with her. Nigel Malt is on trial for the murder of Lauren’s daughter who was killed after being hit by a car in Leete Way, West Winch – Credit: Danielle Booden He said that until January 23 of this year, the relationship between the accused and his family was “broken” but “it was something he was not willing to accept”. Malt had gone to the shop where his estranged wife worked, despite the fact that he had been banned. He heard Lauren call her mom and ask if she could take her sister to the store. Malt said he would go get her, but Karen did not want him as he did not like her boyfriend, but he went anyway. Jackson said: “The way he was driving he was on the path of anger and destruction.” He had gone to Leete Way to call for his daughter, but she would not let him in and returned to the shop where his wife “could say she drank”. Nigel Malt is on trial for the murder of Lauren’s daughter who was killed after being hit by a car in Leete Way, West Winch – Credit: Danielle Booden Between 6.25 and 18.52 he tried to call his daughter 19 times, but all calls went unanswered. Jackson said: “The prosecution says that until now his anger was escalating.” He told his wife that he had a “crowded car and would use it if necessary”. He tried three more times to call his daughter and at 19.14 she answered. After a call that lasted just over a minute, the defendant drove to Leete Way. He arrived at 19.21 and, armed with a crowbar, started arguing with Lauren and her boyfriend. Malt threatened her friend Lauren with a crowbar, but managed to escape. Lauren had gone behind the car “as if she wanted to stop the accused from returning to pick up Arthur”. Nigel Malt is on trial for the murder of Lauren’s daughter who was killed after being hit by a car in Leete Way, West Winch – Credit: Archant 2022 The car then drove backwards in speed to Lauren before being driven forward over it. Mr Jackson said it was a deliberate act aimed at causing maximum damage. The court then heard how, despite being told to leave Lauren where she was and awaiting emergency services, Malt picked up his unconscious daughter and put her in the passenger seat of his car. He then took her to his wife at the convenience store. Jackson said Malt arrived on stage, threatening Lauren’s boyfriend, and then ran his daughter at about 7:25 p.m., taking just four minutes. Malt, Lynn Road, King’s Lynn, is represented by Allison Summers QC. The trial continues.
