Hi everyone
I’m new, but I’ve been lurking for this entire thread and have read almost every post! Here are my thoughts, all MOO of course.
- Accused has spiralled very quickly - stress, injury/illness, a particular event, who knows.
- Accused planned to take someone (hence he hired the car - an ill-conceived ploy to cover his tracks)
- He’d been driving around some time, perhaps much of the evening (I am going on the Court version of his work pattern)
- I think he ‘settled’ for a less than perfect location, because he was getting frustrated and impatient, and SE was otherwise perfect (that’s horrible to say)
- I think he pulled in ahead of her, and put his hazards on (First bus captures car with hazards on). I think he got her attention by talking out through the window (some kind of police story likely)
- After a few seconds (minute max), I speculate he lent over the passenger seat and opened the door (you know how you can do that, but once you’ve pushed it open, you won’t be able to reach to close it again), and asked or ordered her to get in
- She refused, or questioned it, or freaked out, stepped back - she didn’t get in
- He got out of the car (both doors now open), and joined her on the pavement (two figures seen on Poynders Road
- Now, importantly 3 MINUTES (which is a long time in this situation), passes before another bus films the car with both doors open)
- I speculate accused ends up chasing SE into Poynders Court (either the building itself, carpark etc - explains LE forensic activity) where SE was obviously looking for help. Of course alas there was none. Accused incapacitates her.
- Accused waits to see a gap in the traffic, another minute or two passes, and the second bus catches the car with both front doors open
- When it’s quiet, accused bundles here into the car
It’s so horrible, but it’s the only way the parts of the jigsaw we have fit together, MOO of course