Updated: 22 Jan 2021, 14:51
A BUTCHER accused of raping and murdering student Libby Squire was smirking when police accused him of killing her, a jury has been told.
Sheffield Crown Court heard that after Pawel Relowicz, 26, was arrested, he made a brief statement denying any involvement before refusing to answer questions from police.
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Libby Squire, 21, was found dead on March 20, 2019, in the Humber estuary by a fishing boatCredit: supplied by Pixel8000
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Pawel Relowicz, 26, was smirking when a police officer accused him of killing the student Credit: supplied by Pixel8000 07917221968
At the beginning of one interview, in August 2019, an officer put it to Relowicz that the only reason she is dead is because you killed her , and then asked him why he was laughing.
07:25 EDT, 20 January 2021
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CCTV has been released of what prosecution say is the moment a butcher stalked a 21-year-old student before raping and murdering her.
Pawel Relowicz, 26, allegedly lured Ms Squire into his car as she walked through Hull s student area while drunk and vulnerable after a night out.
Footage shown at Relowicz’s trial is said to capture the moment the defendant first spotted Ms Squire as she sat on a wall alone on Beverley Road.
He then walked in the shadows in an attempt to avoid raising her suspicions, Sheffield Crown Court heard.
The prosecution say Relowicz stalked Ms Squire from the opposite side of the street before darting over to intercept her.