i wanted to chat with her, but he would say that she was asleep, this and that, or that she s with a friend, i gave her to a friend. he was already making alibis. innes continues this facade, telling shela that bennylyn is safe in glasgow and that she had to get rid of her phone to hide from the authorities. innes cuts off contact, saying he needs to delete everything from his phone and computer, so the police can t find bennylyn if they search his house. after days of no contact, shela says their elder brother has a dream. translation: my brother said that in his dream, - he was looking at photos of bennylyn, jellica. he could see some faces clearly, but others were blurred.
that s when we felt something was wrong. that was it. they re already dead. 0n the 1st of march, two weeks after they left bristol, bennylyn and jellica are reported missing when they miss an appointment. avon and somerset police issued an appeal last week to trace - 25 year old bennylyn burke. translation: l was i contacted by the police. my other daughter, shela, gave my contact number to the scotland police. the scotland police called me around 11 o clock at night, told me what happened. that bennylyn was missing. we first became aware of this -
innes tells shela that bennylyn and jellica are with another man she met online, a teacher. this is a lie, the first of many. he said he was upset. i got several messages from andrew innes. i figured he was upset. he even mentioned that he would give bennylyn to a friend, a teacher in glasgow. ..because he was no longer into her. innes tells shela that bennylyn wanted to hide at his house because jellica s father wants custody of her and wants bennylyn to be deported back to the philippines. he says he s worried he ll get caught harbouring bennylyn. he said he was scared to be caught by the police, something like that, until i asked for bennylyn again, where was she, i wanted to speak to her,
which progressed to video calling, and then i would describe innes behaviour as moving to more grooming. he offered bennylyn employment as a community relations manager for him, with payment being offered and accommodation. bennylyn, to her credit, basically said, i can do that from bristol. i don t need to come to dundee. that progressed to andrew innes also requesting kind of sexy photographs. that s what we find through our enquiries. again, bennylyn declined this request and tried to stay at arm s length, but enjoyed the companionship, which she was really looking for. but the persistence continues from andrew innes and eventually, it was that agreement that they meet up. days before meeting bennylyn in person, innes internet searches included. ..and. it s thursday the 18th of february 2021. bennylyn and her sister shela are video chatting. bennylyn is travelling