Even if Libby was heard by the Sainsbury’s manager shouting ‘don’t leave me’ in PR’s direction, it still makes perfect sense to me ? and hopefully the jury too.
She was distressed, intoxicated and likely hypothermic at this point - so what if she had rebuffed other passers by offers of help, she likely rebuffed PR’s offers initially too, he was working and working on her. In her volatile state she was likely changing her mind every second as opposed to every minute ! She wasn’t thinking rationally, probably going from ‘yes i better go with him, it’ll be fine, I’m absolutely freezing and feeling poorly and getting no where here’ TO ‘I can’t trust this man, it’s dangerous, I’m distressed and want to stay here and cry..’
I think she was probably protesting quite strongly at the time PR went to briefly sit in his car, perhaps before the sainsbury manager heard, she may have been shouting at PR to leave her alone and he was aware of people in the vicinity so sat in the car momentarily, till they left and then more forcefully coercing her along. She may have been protesting strongly but at the same time, she’s in no fit state and she doesn’t take much to be physically ushered to the car. The poor girl had already fallen so many times.
OR PR knows at this point placing her in his vehicle, that act in itself, from a place of ‘relative safety’ on a public street to the confines of his vehicle means he needs to be absolutely sure there are as few witnesses as possible before he in essence, abducts her. The watch is a tell take sign.
So Libby possibly shouting ‘don’t leave me!’ whilst he’s walked off to his car means absolutely nothing, doesn’t mean she trusts him in the slightest. She likely changed her mind a split second later. She’s so distressed she could be shouting she loved him for all I care, poor lass absolutely doesn’t have a clue what’s really going on..
I have plenty of faith the jurors will look at that statement in all of its context.
