Hi everyone, another long time lurker, first time poster here
I've been reading these threads with interest since this horrific crime took place. The committal hearing and the subsequent release of some of the details have just riled me up again and I thought it was time I registered so I could add to the conversation.
My thoughts, for what they're worth:
It may not have been 'premeditated' as such (the murder), but I think he did intend to kill her. I've just been reading about manual strangulation in one of my friend's forensic medicine guides from when she was studying forensics, and judging by the pathologist's report, I just don't think it's possible to unintentionally manually strangle someone when there is the sustained force as documented by the pathologist. It does indeed take a long time to die from manual strangulation. Furthermore, I think the fact that he's threatened to kill his previous victims adds weight to that theory.
<respectfully snipped> ... How do we know he hasn't killed before and somehow never been caught? We don't.
I think it's just UNREAL that this monster was out on the streets to begin with. I'm also wondering why he wasn't on the radar of police at the beginning - a violent serial rapist who lives in the area, on parole, identikit photo of him from the dutch backpacker rape....... This should NEVER have happened in the first place, and I think there should be something along the lines of a royal commission done to get to the bottom of it. As far as I'm concerned, there are a few other people with blood on their hands too.