Telegraph photo by DEAN SHALHOUP Jamie Jackson, who is on trial on domestic violence-related charges, awaits the start of testimony on Wednesday's first day of trial. The jury will continue deliberating Thursday.

NASHUA – In her closing argument Wednesday in the trial of Jamie Jackson, the Wilton man accused of assaulting and restraining a longtime intimate partner, attorney Kristen Weber focused on “inconsistencies” in the alleged victim’s testimony while insisting her client was “consistent” when he took the stand.

“He was consistent,” Weber said several times in citing segments of Jackson’s testimony, telling the jury of nine men and five women, including the two alternates, that “this is a really simple case … because Mr. Jackson did not do what (the alleged victim) said he did.”

Jurors began deliberating at about 2:30 p.m. Wednesday whether Jackson, 52, of 732 Abbott Hill Road, is guilty of one count each of simple assault – domestic violence and false imprisonment – domestic violence, misdemeanors that accuse him of assaulting the woman and punching her in the stomach as he allegedly tried to take away her cellphone during an argument, then blocking a door with his foot so she couldn’t leave, according to the charges.

Jurors were dismissed at about 4 p.m., and are scheduled to resume deliberations at 10 a.m. today in Courtroom 4 at Hillsborough County Superior Court-South.

Jackson was the fourth, and last, witness to take the stand during Wednesday’s testimony. The alleged victim was first, followed by a guidance counselor at the elementary school the couple’s daughter attends, and a Wilton police sergeant who was a patrol officer at the time the alleged incidents occurred.

Assistant County Attorney Brian Greklek-McKeon, who prosecuted the case, told jurors Jackson “acted purposely” in allegedly assaulting the woman.

“He wanted her phone, and she wouldn’t give it to him. So he hit her to get that phone,” Greklek-McKeon told jurors in describing the argument he said began when Jackson, believed the alleged victim was recording him while he was speaking on his own phone, became angry and went after her to get her phone.

While Weber and Greklek-McKeon were in agreement that the alleged incidents came to light when the couple’s daughter reported it to a school guidance counselor, who in turn contacted New Hampshire Division For Children, Youth and Families officials, Weber contended the girl “was told to go to school and report it.”

Weber also challenged the alleged victim’s credibility, telling jurors she “couldn’t remember some important points” while testifying. She also alleged inconsistencies in that the alleged victim initially said the two alleged crimes happened on the same day, but “she now says they happened on two different days.”

What happened, Weber told jurors, is that the alleged incidents were reported to police on Feb. 7. After investigating, police wrote up a warrant for Jackson’s arrest.

“When he learned two days later, on Feb. 9, that there was a warrant for his arrest, he turned himself in to police,” Weber said.

When Jackson took the stand, Weber told jurors, he did so “to prove to you he did not do it. He didn’t have to (take the stand), but he did.”

Dean Shalhoup may be reached at 594-1256, dshalhoup@nashuatelegraph.com, or @Telegraph_DeanS.