JURORS at a murder trial wiped away tears as they listened to a harrowing audio tape of a teenage model’s final moments.

The family of Amy Barnes chose to leave the courtroom before the recording of the 10-minute 999 call was played.

Amy’s boyfriend Ricardo Morrison is accused of stabbing her to death at the home they shared in Moss Street, Farnworth, on November 8 last year.

Morrison, aged 22, of Birmingham, denies murder.

The prosecution alleges that Amy made the emergency call after she had been attacked and left for dead by Morrison.

The tape begins with Amy, aged 19, screaming and crying. She said: “I’ve been stabbed, come and help me.”

She is put through to a Greater Manchester Police operator.

When the call connects, Amy says: “Please help me, please help me, I’ve been stabbed, I’m dying, please help me.”

Operator: “Where are you?”

Amy: “26 Moss Street, Farnworth.”

Operator: “26 what?”

Amy: “Moss Street, Farnworth.”

Operator: “OK, what’s happened?”

Amy: “I’m dying, he’s stabbed me to death, I’m dying, please help me.”

Operator: “Who stabbed you?”

Amy: “My boyfriend, I’m going now.”

Operator: “Where have you been stabbed?”

Amy: “All over my body.”

Operator: “What’s your name love? Can you talk to me?”

Amy: “I need help, please help me.”

Operator: “Keep talking to me.”

Amy: “Please help me.”

They are the final words Amy speaks, as the operator pleads: “Keep talking to me. What’s your name love? Talk to me.”

In the background, the landline at the house then rings and goes to answerphone. It is Amy’s mother, Karyn Killiner, who leaves a message asking Amy to call her.

The operator urges Amy: “Keep breathing for me,” as phone in the background rings again. Mrs Killiner leaves a second message: “Hi, Amy, I need to talk to you, please call me.”

Operator: “Try and relax and stay calm. It’ll be all right. They’re on their way to you. Just hang on for me love.

“Try and tell me your name. We do not know who you are. Try and tell me your name love. Try and keep breathing for me.”

Andrew Barnes, Amy’s father, can then be heard entering the house.

He says: “Amy, Amy, Are you all right? What’s happened? Tell me what’s happened?”

Operator: “Hello, hello?”

Mr Barnes: “Amy, what has been done?”

Operator: “Hello, hello, hello can you speak to me? Who is that? Can you speak to me?”

Mr Barnes dials 999 on his mobile and speaks to another operator before realising Amy’s phone is still connected.

A policeman arrives and enters the house. Muffled conversation is heard, before Mr Barnes says: “Ricardo Morrison.”

Then a paramedic is heard speaking to Amy: “What’s your name? Talk to us, can you talk to us?”

The call ends.

Morrison was not present in court and the jury was told that he had heard the tape before.

His mother, Melda Wilks, aged 49, of Birmingham, who is accused of assisting an offender, wept as she sat in the dock.

Earlier Manchester Crown Court heard from a former neighbour of Amy Barnes, who told how the teenager had been attacked by Morrison.

Melanie Ingham said she heard Amy shout for help and was asked to call police after Amy had a violent row with her boyfriend.

The incident, in July of last year, took place just months before Amy was found dead at the home she later shared with Morrison.

Mrs Ingham said: “I heard her shout ‘Paul’, which is my husband’s name.

“When I realised she was shouting Paul I got up and went to see what was wrong. She was struggling to breathe and struggling to speak, she looked like she was in shock. Very upset and distressed.

“My mum got up and went round to be with Amy and she said ‘Melanie phone the police’. I asked her what had happened and she said there had been a row and he had pushed her hard. She said he kicked the dog and threatened to hit her with a belt.

“They had only been seeing each other a few months and I said if this behaviour is taking place so early in the relationship, she needs to put a stop to it.

“She said ‘I know but I love him, and when it’s good it’s good’.”

Benjamin Olwenny met Miss Barnes in May, 2006, in a nightclub in Manchester and they became friends.

He told the court how in August, 2008 he received a phone call from her.

“She was very distressed and crying, she said Ricardo had beaten her up and locked her out of the house and she was in a phone box.

“I offered to pay for her to get a cab to Bolton. She called me again later to say that the police were there and that she would be OK.

“She said that he had hit her on other occasions and she talked about leaving him about two weeks before her death.”

The case continues.