GUILTY UK - Louise Smith, 16, Havant, Hampshire, 8 May 2020 *Arrest*

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31 minutes ago
Louise hoped to go shopping on day she was killed
On the morning of May 8 - the day Louise was killed - she was chatting with her best friend online.

The pair were discussing meeting to go shopping but because Louise had no money she was unable to travel to Waterlooville.

The friend said she would come to Leigh Park instead to meet Louise.

‘I didn’t get a reply,' the friend said. ‘I realised she had not opened the message.’

She added: ‘I had no contact since.'

26 minutes ago
Friend reveals Louise had disappeared before
A friend of Louise reveals in a statement to police that Louise had disappeared before. ‘But that was only for a day,’ the friend said. ‘This (her disappearance on May 8) was not like her.

‘She was someone who was bold and would tell people if she had a problem.’

The friend added that Louise had a ‘tendency to cry wolf’ and 'faked her confidence’.

14 minutes ago
Louise crying on phone
An elder friend of Louise - who the teenager had stayed with before - tells the court she tried to help during a phone call.

‘She was crying and I tried to calm her down,’ the woman told jurors. ‘I said “you can come to me, you know where I am”.'

The friend added: ‘She hated being there (at Mays and CJ’s flat) and said she was treated like a child.'

9 minutes ago
Court takes break
After a late start this morning court has now taken a short break.

Live trial updates as Shane Mays is accused of murdering teenager Louise Smith
 
12:20
Court back in session
The court is now back in session following that short break.

12:22
Two more statements to be read to court
Two more statements are now going to be read out to jurors by the prosecution.

Again, they are from friends of Louise and will touch upon how they met each other, when they spoke to each other and what they spoke about.

They will also discuss when they last spoke to Louise before her disappearance on May 8.

12:26
Police detective constable now being called back to give more evidence
Following those statements, a police officer has now been called back to continue giving evidence relating to CCTV.

Live updates from day four of Louise Smith murder trial
 
6 minutes ago
Court back in session
Court is back session after a short break.

1 minute ago
Louise was ‘drunk’ but ‘happy’ day before she was killed
A friend who was talking to Louise on Snapchat on May 7 said all appeared normal during their exchange.

‘She mentioned she was drunk - I think she was drinking with her family,’ the friend said in a statement, read out to court.

‘She seemed happy. I don’t know any more about any problems.'

Live trial updates as Shane Mays is accused of murdering teenager Louise Smith
 
12:31
Court being taken through CCTV images
The court is now being shown through a number of CCTV images, initially showing Mr Mays out and about at the shops.

12:35
Now talking through messages from Louise's phone
Jurors are now being spoken through evidence surrounding messages that were on Louise's phone.

12:43
CCTV images
Here a couple of CCTV images that have been shown to court throughout proceedings.

They show Louise and Shane in a shop and then walking home on May 7, which is the day before Louise died.

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CCTV of Shane Mays and Louise Smith in a shop on May 7, the day before her death (Image: Hampshire Constabulary/PA Wire)
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CCTV footage of Louise Smith and Shane Mays walking home from a shop on the day before the teenager's death (Image: Hampshire Constabulary/PA Wire)
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7 minutes ago
Louise ‘desperate’ to see friend and tell them something
Louise told one of her best friends she was ‘desperate’ to see them and wanted to reveal something during an online exchange. ‘I felt she couldn’t tell me,’ the friend said.

The friend said Louise wanted to move out from where she was living with Mays and her aunt.

‘Louise asked to stay with me and I asked my mum but she said “no” because of lockdown,' the friend said.

‘I felt she was desperate to see me in person.’

The friend added: ‘She never told me about who she was staying with.’

Live trial updates as Shane Mays is accused of murdering teenager Louise Smith
 
12:51
More CCTV and phone data being talked through
The police officer is being spoken through more CCTV and phone data relating to the case.

Prosecutor Mr Newton-Price QC is asking the detective constable to confirm specific points.

Evidence is being talked through in almost a chronological order.

12:57
Statement being read from Shane's mother
A statement is being read from Shane's mother, in which she said that Shane arrived at her house on the afternoon of May 8.

He told her that he had walked Louise to Emsworth, and was hot and sweaty when he arrived at the house.

Shane's mother had never met Louise but knew she was living with her son and CJ. She did know Louise was missing, though.

She said it "surprised" her when the police came round to take a statement from her about her son.

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13:04
Another statement from Shane's sister
Mr Newton-Price QC has also read aloud a statement from Tia Rawlinson, who is Shane's sister.

She also said that Shane had arrived at their mother's house on the afternoon of May 8.

Describing him as "hot and sweaty in the face", she said that her brother did not stay for long.

Tia said in her statement that it was normal for Shane to pop in for 15 minutes or so and then leave again.

Like he told his mother, Shane also told Tia that he had dropped Louise off in Emsworth earlier that day.

Tia had also never met Louise nor spoken to her, but knew she was living with Shane and CJ.

She met up with her brother after he was first arrested for kidnap, but nothing was discussed about Louise, she said.

13:06KEY EVENT
Lunch break now taken
After reading those statements, Mr Newton-Price and Mrs Justice May DBE agreed that it would be a good time to take the lunch break.

Updates will resume at 2pm.

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1 minute ago
Mays ‘looked sweaty’
A friend who saw Mays after Louise had disappeared said: ‘Shane looked quite sweaty.’

But added: ‘He was his normal self.’

The witness said they saw Mays twice after he was arrested but there was never any discussion about Louise.

2 minutes ago
Court breaks for lunch
Court has broken for lunch.

Those present in court stand for the judge before she leaves the room. Mays leaves the dock to return to his cell and socially-distanced jurors retire to their room beneath the court.

Proceedings should resume at 2pm when the prosecution is set to continue going through its timeline with a police detective.

Live trial updates as Shane Mays is accused of murdering teenager Louise Smith
 
14:06
Proceedings are back under way
Following a lunch break, proceedings are back under way.

We are back with detective constable Julie Way, and we are going through the timeline of events surrounding Louise's death.

The jury is being shown where relevant pieces of CCTV fall into the timeline of the incident, as well as certain statements etc.

14:15
Looking at CCTV of Shane Mays' movements
The jury is currently being shown CCTV of Shane Mays movements after he killed Louise on May 8, on his way back to Ringwood House.

He arrived back at his home flat just before 4pm.

14:17
Attempts to get in contact with Louise after 4pm on May 8
The jury is now being shown through evidence that show both CJ Mays and Bradley, Louise's boyfriend, trying to contact the 16-year-old.

A number of attempts were made between 4pm and 4.30pm.

At 4.47pm, Shane is caught again on CCTV - this time heading to Tesco to buy pizzas.

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14:26
Louise reported missing at 6.32pm
Louise was reported missing by her aunt, CJ Mays, at 6.32pm on May 8.

Shane was seen on CCTV walking south on Somborne Drive at 9pm, and then walking back home at 9.35pm.

Police attended Ringwood House at around 1am on May 9, and Shane was there.

The next morning, Shane was again seen leaving Ringwood House at around 9am and walking south down Somborne Drive.

He was seen returning at 2.08pm that same day.

14:30
Reiterated point about there being no CCTV if taking a certain route out of Ringwood House
Mr Newton-Price QC has asked DC Way to confirm that a certain route out of Ringwood House to the north would not show up on CCTV.

The officer said that a route to the north, over High Lawn Way and through woodland to Middle Park Way and beyond, is not viewable on CCTV.

14:31
Officer evidence ended for now
DC Way has stood down from giving evidence for now, but Mr Newton-Price QC said that she will be recalled at another point.

We are now moving onto mobile phone data analysis, and an expert has been called as a witness.

Live updates from day four of Louise Smith murder trial
 
14:40
Louise's phone was in Ringwood House area just before 1pm
The expert has said that a Snapchat indication provided detail that Louise's mobile phone was in the Ringwood House area at 12.49pm.

14:51
Jury being talked through when Louise's phone was picked up by masts
The jury is being talked through when Louise's phone was picked up by various masts around the area.

The expert explained that data sessions and other markings on masts can be picked up without any human prompt, essentially being done automatically by the phone.

As was mentioned in the opening by Mr Newton-Price QC, Louise's phone was picked up by five different masts after 3pm.

Those masts do not cover the Ringwood House area but do cover the Havant Thicket area.

14:55
Louise's phone was last connected at 5.01pm
Evidence from mobile phone analysis showed that Louise's phone was last connected to a mast at 5.01pm on May 8.

The connection was then terminated, which the expert said can be caused either by the phone running out of battery or being turned off.

Live updates from day four of Louise Smith murder trial
 
A bit more detail about SM in The News (they're a bit behind)

18 minutes ago
Mays seen out walking on evening of killing
CCTV footage on the evening of May 8 shows Mays walking south along Somborne Drive from his flat at Ringwood House.

He is seen returning along the road at 9.35pm.

Mays is still wearing a pink polo top but now has a jacket over his shoulder.

The prosecutor tells the court police go to Mays’ address just after 1am the following day.

Mays is then seen on CCTV later that day at 12.31pm leaving Ringwood House. The alleged murderer is now wearing a white top and grey trousers.

Live trial updates as Shane Mays is accused of murdering teenager Louise Smith
 
14:58
Did the phone masts cover Emsworth skate park area?
The expert confirmed that of the masts that Louise's phone connected to on May 8, none of them cover the Emsworth skate park area.

That is where Shane Mays first told family members and police he had taken Louise on the afternoon of May 8.

15:03KEY EVENT
Proceedings brought to a close for the day
At the end of that mobile phone analysis evidence, Mrs Justice May DBE decides that proceedings will be brought to a close for the day.

The prosecution are going to move onto another batch of evidence when the trial resumes.

The trial will not be heard on either Friday (November 20) or Monday (November 23), so those involved will reconvene next Tuesday (November 24).

That means that there will be no updates until then. However, a full article will be posted onto our website later today.

Live updates from day four of Louise Smith murder trial
 
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