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May this year? The arson offence in Swindon was May 2020 as far as I can see online, and went to court in March this year, a lot of prosecutions have been delayed over COVID so may be coming to court much later. He presumably could have been reporting to court in Swindon for any offences that...

There have been a couple of “first date” murders in the UK, including this one where victim and perpetrator met online and booked into a hotel together. Hard to see how a person thinks they can get away with it. Katie Locke inquest: First-date murderer was talking to 20 women

Absolutely, perhaps I have been naive, but I thought you needed a specific reason to own a shotgun, not simply to be over 18 and not have a criminal record. Although this type of crime is very rare, there seems to be a gap in the shotgun licensing legislation which needs to be closed. There...

On the matter of whether an omission by someone in a professional position providing a care function could result in murder charges, I welcome being corrected but I would have thought it extremely unlikely murder would be the charged offence in those circumstances under English law. I am not...

Also my understanding. The hearing was a formality confirming that the Crown Court will have jurisdiction, would not expect any particular details about the crimes to emerge at this stage. It is essentially impossible to get bail for these sorts of charges in this country so no real details...

I am not sure the kidnap and murder were sufficiently distinct in nature or time from one another, although I guess we will find out. I am inclined to think it is more that they are throwing the book at him. I would expect them to get to the bottom of the indecent exposure charges and add those...

I agree, I am a few years older but otherwise similar and I don’t think someone saying they’re a police officer or showing a warrant card quite carries much authority to a single woman on her own at night. Things would go through your head other than just worried about being taken in for...

I think everyone is quite calm tbh. The speculation is not that there was some very strong relationship, but more along the lines of maybe WC has seen SE in his official capacity or otherwise in the area, maybe at a café and possibly spoken to her or tried to, and particularly as she regularly...

WC is nowhere near six feet tall apparently, so the second one seems unlikely too. As demoralising as it is, this is a busy and well-populated area in the capital, and assaults stopping short of murder are not uncommon. Probably need more than just a man harassing a woman in that postcode in...

It is worth looking into, but flashing is depressingly common, and areas like Clapham Common not unknown for it.

A 33-year-old woman’s uncle living in another part of the country will have no idea of her “weak” contacts. No-one thinks SE was to “blame” because WC might (say) have taken an unwelcome shine to her, it is just simply people wondering whether the act was less random than it appears, and I...

Re the “peeing in the street” speculation above... forgive me the sexist assumption but I’m going to say that mostly men liked this idea. Certainly women who are very drunk are known to do this, but urinating in public is not the regular occurrence that it is for men and unless SE was quite...

It now seems likely, everything considered, that SE didn’t know WC in any context, but the article here is rather less equivocal than the headline, stating that no connection has yet been found between the two of them when checking into the background. But then, it’s quite hard to prove a...

The Sun’s reporting reads like total speculation to me, including all of the “a source said” stuff (I note no attempt to assert that it’s a police source). SE looks slightly younger than her age in some photos, but to me (I understand some disagree) it is obvious in most pictures of her that...

Although I see why it is being suggested, because of his job, I don't think I buy the "showed her his warrant card and persuaded her into the car" theory, or that SE accepted a lift from someone she didn't know. It was not a marked police car and I just don't think most women would trust a...

I don’t think at this stage we have any idea whether or not there is any prior link between Sarah and the person arrested. You can’t always track people’s connections through public information like where they live, shared workplaces or even Facebook. A lot of people use apps to meet people —...

I find it a little weird trying to rule a possible romantic connection in or out based on the respective parties’ appearances in a couple of photos, I must say!

I agree, this is a fairly long commute for a police officer, but by no means an unrealistic commute into London. I don’t know if commenters saying otherwise are not in London and just looking at a map and guessing it is not doable on a daily basis, but plenty of people do this or comparable...

Hi, new to the thread but been watching this case with concern for Sarah. Live quite near and have seen the missing posters and developments online. Very worried for her and developments today look extremely sad. An RTA scenario other than a hit-and-run doesn’t seem credible at all in this...