"Please God, will someone help us?": The doting parents murdered in cold blood by their only son

"You never know, this might be my last gin."

These were the words of Tricia Livesey as she ordered her final drink at the Swan Inn on Friday, November 19, 2021. They were to become chillingly prophetic.

Tricia had spent the evening at the pub with her husband Anthony Tipping, her sister Catherine Riding and Catherine's husband Martin. It was a regular arrangement for the two couples, who met weekly for a catch-up over drinks in Higher Walton, LancsLive reports.

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Tricia told her sister she did not want to go home as she prepared to leave the pub. Her reluctance to return to the family property stemmed from the recent behaviour of her and Anthony's only son, Lee, which she had filled Catherine in on.

Catherine offered her sister a bed for the night, telling her she did not have to go home but Tricia turned her down and returned home with Anthony. She texted Catherine to let her know they had arrived, adding that Lee was being "a f*****g s**t."

A few minutes later she sent another message - "Please God, will someone help us?"

It was the last message Tricia ever sent.

The autumn evening had started like any other, with house-proud Tricia tidying up downstairs before leaving for the short walk to the pub with Anthony. Her husband, affectionately known as 'Tip', had joked with their son Lee about a taxi driver they saw urinating in a garden, before the couple headed out.

But at the pub, Tip's mood changed when he received a phone call from Lee, telling him he had broken their bedroom door. Martin said: "Tip seemed agitated." Parenting was not an easy task for Tip, 60, and Tricia, 57.

When Lee was a toddler, Tricia, a childminder, was diagnosed with cancer.