Glasgow Evening Times [Scotland]
April 2, 2007
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Angelika Kluk claimed a priest thought of her as "a nice teddy bear", a murder trial heard today.
But Father Gerry Nugent was "incandescent with rage" when he discovered her affair with a married man - and Angelika became afraid of his mood swings.
The apparent change in attitude by Father Gerry - priest at St Patrick's Church in Anderston, Glasgow, where Angelika's body was found - was revealed in court today.
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| Martin MacAskill told the court today Father Gerry Nugent was furious when he heard of Angelika's affair |
Church odd-job man Peter Tobin, 60, denies raping and murdering the 23-year-old Polish student and hiding her body under the floor at the church last September.
Angelika's married lover, Martin Macaskill, 40, was giving evidence for a third day at the High Court in Edinburgh about their three-month affair.
He told how they had sex in the shower at St Patrick's chapel house.
He also told how he went on holiday to Majorca with wife Anne to try to sort out his relationships.
While there, Angelika sent him an e-mail on September 15 - three weeks after Father Nugent had discovered what was going on in his chapel house.
It said: "I sometimes feel I was like a nice teddy bear to Gerry. When it was interesting to play with me everything was OK, but when I stopped admiring him as much as before he just put me in the dark closet."
The trial has heard Father Gerry claimed in a police statement and in a newspaper article that he had sex with Angelika.
Asked about the claim by defence QC Donald Findlay, Mr Macaskill said he did not believe it.
He added: "Following discovery of our relationship - I think on August 25 - I got information from Angela I was no longer welcome at the chapel house.
"He was incandescent with rage."
Mr Macaskill also said Angelika - whom he knew as Angela - said the discovery had led to Father Gerry "shouting and swearing".
"Then he pretty much stopped speaking to her, apparently."
Mr Macaskill - who revealed he still phoned his dead lover's mobile number - told the trial: "The way she put it was he felt she had betrayed his trust - the fact we were having such a relationship and it was taking place in the chapel house."
Mr Findlay asked him: "Did it ever cross your mind that what lay behind this was not just a moral objection, but jealousy?"
Mr Macaskill replied: "No, not at that time."
The court heard Angelika told Mr Macaskill she loved him in the last text message she sent him on Sunday, September 24, the day after he returned from Majorca.
He said he had been feeling unwell and received a text from Angelika which said: "I wish I could be there to tuck you in."
Mr MacAskill added: "She ended it by saying I love you'. That was the last text I received from her."
He said the exchange of messages had taken place between 2.30pm and 3pm that day.
And he told how later that night he had tried to phone Ms Kluk, but without success.
"It just goes straight to voicemail and after that every single one up until the ones I still make today," Mr MacAskill said.
The trial continues.
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