I am interested to know more about SM.....specifically if he is cognitively impaired ( eg from birth or following illness/injury) or whether his problem is specifically related to literacy ( eg dyslexia, lack of education)
If the former, he may be easily led/ influenced. It has been noted he did not know how to interact appropriately with Louise & would tease/tickle her. He also did not say much to police but when he did, made the somewhat strange comment that he would ‘lock Louise in the flat if she returned’.
I’m thinking there was rising tension in that household due to Louise being there & she was seen as a troublemaker. CJ probably said as much to SM...maybe wished her ‘gone’ so their lives could return to normal.
SM may have taken his wife’s comments quite literally, as some people with cognitive impairment can do.
I realise this does not in any way excuse the extreme violence & the awful sexual element to Louise’s death....but I can see how a combination of cognitive impairment, increasing tension in the household ( blamed on Louise) on top of challenging ‘lockdown’ conditions, the drug & alcohol misuse, anger & confusing sexual urges ( from being cooped up in one-bedroom accommodation with a young, vulnerable & pretty young girl) could have culminated in this dreadful crime.
So very tragic that Louise herself realised her living arrangements were rapidly deteriorating, but so young & vulnerable, was not able to extricate herself in time.
All MOO
