UK - Libby Squire, 21, last seen outside Welly club, Hull, 31 Jan 2019 #21

[Cherwell]

Mr Wright said: “At 12.19am when you drove away, Libby Squire was stood on Oak Road opposite the metal shed.”
Is this supposed to be a question or a statement? It reads to me like the prosecutor is stating a fact but maybe he is asking PR if this is his story?

He's stating what PR has implied and inviting him to agree or correct it.

 

[Joolz1975]

I feel a mic drop coming ...

Me too.

 

[Corneileus]

Fab question! Guess he wouldnt answer... Because I was holding her down and only had one hand free/and or I didnt intend her to be ever found

smart question!

 

[JusticeDT]

Didn't he say, when he was talking about the seatbelt something like 'so she couldn't get out when the car was moving'?

I thought it was something to do with her being able to open the door to be sick but who would do that? Window to be sick or frankly the floor if the car is driving.

 

[stephaniejanes]

Why would he have his windows down?

Especially as apparently he was trying to keep the car warm...

 

[jamjim]

16:06
Five versions of events

Version 1:February 6: Relowicz told police: “How am I supposed to know? I didn’t abduct her.” Relowicz says this is true.

Version 2: February 7: This is the account Relowicz has given where he stopped the car as she was retching, he urinated and she “walked normally” onto Beresford Avenue. Relowicz says this was not true.

Version 3: Account to his friend Darius. Relowicz allegedly told Darius that a woman had flagged him down and tried to undo his belt, so he threw her out of the car. Relowicz said: “This is not true.” He has been told that is Darius’ evidence. Also given to his friend Rafal. Relowicz allegedly told Rafal the girl he had come across started to remove her knickers. Relowicz says he did not tell Rafal that.

Version 4: This is the version Relowicz has told the jury during the trial

Version 5: Defence statement. This was written on February 5, 2020 and was given to the court in a statement. Relowicz cannot recall this.

Pawel quizzed by prosecutors as he returns to the witness box

 

[mrjitty]

Still scarred by the Pistorius trial hey, Jitty!!

It remains the gold standard defence for when a murdered woman is heard screaming!

 

[Skigh]

I feel a mic drop coming ...

I will show my ignorance. What is a mic drop?

 

[Marg from Oz]

Wonder if the cctv of the car is clear enough to show whether or not the windows were down ?

Well he has said he was warming his car up with the door opened.
Now he says he can distinctly hear Libby because he also had all his windows down. MOO This guy is nuts.

 

[jamjim]

16:08
Relowicz admits defence statement is 'not true'

Relowicz has admitted the defence statement written almost a year ago is not true.

Mr Wright said: “Your lawyers prepared it on your instructions didn’t they?”

Relowicz has confirmed this.

Mr Wright said: “This document was served on your behalf. Nearly a year ago. It hasn’t been amended or corrected.”

The statement says: “The accused denies raping and killing Liberty Squire. He will say he came across her, spoke to her and agreed to give her a lift home in his car. The accused believed the address she was directing him to was her mother’s address.

“She was affected by drink and upset. On route, she removed her knickers and gently threw them at the accused. Is that true or not?”

Relowicz says “this is not true.”

He says it was included “because it was a lie.”

Pawel quizzed by prosecutors as he returns to the witness box

 

[stephaniejanes]

Well he has said he was warming his car up with the door opened.
Now he says he can distinctly hear Libby because he also had all his windows down. MOO This guy is nuts.

Seems like he is making it all up as he goes along.

 

[jamjim]

16:09
Relowicz tries to explain why he lied

Relowicz had already pleaded guilty to the voyeurism, burglaries and outraging public decency by the time his defence statement was prepared.

Mr Wright said: “Why did you say in your statement, ‘she removed her knickers and gently threw them at the accused?’”

Relowicz says: “This was a lie.”

Mr Wright said: “So you continued to tell deliberate lies.”

Relowicz says he “did not want his wife to find out he was cheating on her.”

The statement said: “When he parked up she got out and fell over and when he went to help her up they had sex.”

Mr Wright said: “Does that not give the game away to your wife, that line that says you had sex?”

Relowicz said: “I didn’t want to tell her I had sex with another woman.”

Pawel quizzed by prosecutors as he returns to the witness box

 

[jamjim]

He has stitched himself RIGHT up!!

 

[JosieJo]

I also think hes said he parked by the green shed because that would place him further away from the river. I still believe he parked right by the gate to the park.

I think the only open gate at night is the one by the green shed

 

[Winterbells]

He has repeated that he did her seatbelt “for safety” and “if she sat down and I had the ignition on an alarm would go off saying the seatbelt was not on".

He added: “She was drunk so she could open the door at any time while I was driving.”

This is the bit. He did her seatbelt up for safety and to stop the alarm going off whilst he had the ignition on. Ok, that makes sense. But why would he think Libby would open the car door whilst he's driving? No. That's not the reason you locked her in, is it Pawel?

 

[Skigh]

Seems like he is making it all up as he goes along.

His defence must be sitting with their hands covering their faces crying in despair.

 

[JusticeDT]

He has stitched himself RIGHT up!!

Absolutely

 

[jamjim]

16:12
'I lied as I needed time to accept my problems'

Mr Wright asked Relowicz why he was lying.

Relowicz said: “Because I needed some time to accept all of my problems.”

Mr Wright said: “Why does you needing time to accept your problems explain why you lied about Libby throwing her knickers at you?”

Relowicz said: “Just the same Rafal started talking, I said this lie because I didn’t want my wife to find out that I had sex with another woman.”

Mr Wright said: “The very next line declares you had sex with another woman.”

Relowicz said: “Because I had to be honest. It was just sex without any meaning.”

Pawel quizzed by prosecutors as he returns to the witness box

 

[Vermont24]

I think the only open gate at night is the one by the green shed

That's true, but there's always foot access just to the left of the car park.

 

[Skigh]

Mr Wright said: “Why did you say in your statement, ‘she removed her knickers and gently threw them at the accused?’”

It sounds like a line from one of his movies.