While she and her husband were

separated in 1994, Beverley Watson once summoned deputies to the couple's

south Fayette home alleging that a domestic dispute had occurred, it was

revealed in court Friday.

Fayette County Sheriff's Deputy

Steve Borders testified Friday that Beverley Watson said Jim Watson was

threatening and scaring her. Jim Watson, who is now accused of murdering

his wife, was never arrested in connection with the complaint, Borders

said.

Borders interviewed Beverley

Watson at the couple's home after the 911 call was logged at 1 a.m. on

Aug. 3, 1994, according to documents read in court Friday. The judge assigned

to the case, Fulton County Superior Court Judge T. Jackson Bedford, has

not yet ruled whether this evidence will be admissable in the murder trial

against Jim Watson.

While Mrs. Watson was interviewed

about the allegation at the couple's home, Dep. Borders said he "didn't

remember" Jim Watson being present.

"She appeared to be very

sincere and honest," Borders said.

Borders claimed he couldn't

remember many other details about the incident.

"She was truly afraid

of her husband and what he could do to her," according to a report

of the incident, which was read aloud in court by Fulton County Assistant

District Attorney Sheila Ross, who is prosecuting the case.

Because Jim Watson wasn't arrested,

a report on the case wasn't made at the time, Borders said.

It wasn't until more than two

years later and about a month after Beverley Watson was reported missing

that Dep. Borders filed a report for the Fayette County Sheriff's Department.

"If there was no evidence

of family violence, we wouldn't do a report," Borders said. "We

wouldn't really write a report because someone was afraid."

Calling the report "contrived,"

defense attorney Lee Sexton argued that it should not be admissable as

evidence against Jim Watson.

"It doesn't have the element

of trustworthiness to it," Sexton said.

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