UK - Anita Rose, 57, walking her dog, police investigating suspected murder, Brantham, Suffolk, 24th July 2024'

[Dotta]

The BBC article clearly shows it is his account, so unless the BBC is wrong, it is this same “Roy”. I was as surprised as you (if you see my prior post)!

It doesn't surprise me at all.
After all,
he was arrested in a library.

His problem is connected to emotions.
Which are all over the place
and influence his perception of others and his behaviour.
Paranoid behaviour.

He attacks people who in his distorted mental state seem to be threat to him.
He is sick, very sick IMO.
Not able to function normally.

Erudition is not a protective feature against mental health problems.

"Mad Artist" cliche comes to mind.

JMO

 

[Dotta]

"He is due to be sentenced on 6 August.

Ms Rose's daughter Jessica (middle) gave a statement outside court alongside other family members and Det Supt Mike Brown.



She thanked the police, jury and the Brantham community that had supported them and said

'an evil, that should have been locked away,
has been able to hide in plain sight.

It is hard to put into words
how dramatic and horrific this past year has been'.

Det Supt Mike Brown of Suffolk Police said
a 'violent man' had been brought to justice.

'We may never fully understand the motive behind it
and our thoughts remain firmly with Anita's family'."

Man guilty of murdering Anita Rose in Brantham as she walked dog - BBC News

A jury returns its verdict in the trial of a man accused of killing Anita Rose last summer.

www-bbc-com.cdn.ampproject.org

 

[sunspun]

It doesn't surprise me at all.
After all,
he was arrested in a library.

His problem is connected to emotions.
Which are all over the place
and influence his perception of others and his behaviour.
Paranoid behaviour.

He attacks people who in his distorted mental state seem to be threat to him.
He is sick, very sick IMO.
Not able to function normally.

Erudition is not a protective feature against mental health problems.

"Mad Artist" cliche comes to mind.

JMO

Erudite, that was the word I was looking for! That's the impression I had of his writing. Ty!

 

[slowpoke]

“The Crown Prosecution Service has released the file of evidence presented to the jury during the trial of Roy Barclay, who was found guilty of murdering Anita Rose.”

New footage released in case of dog walker murder

New footage shown to the jury during the trial of Roy Barclay, who has been convicted of murdering Brantham dog walker Anita Rose, has been released…

www.eadt.co.uk

So heartbreaking to see Anita walking with her dog that morning before she was fatally attacked. It makes one want to reach out and grab her to stop her from meeting that terrible end that awaits her.

There’s also video of Barclay walking on Rectory Lane three days before Anita was attacked, his shoes, the bathroom at the sewage works facility (me: yuck—grossly dirty), and a sample of his internet searches.

 

[rvlvr]

Would love to know more about this guy’s background. Surely the attack on the pensioner that he was jailed for back in 2015 wasn’t his first violent offence (he would’ve been 46 at the time)? Has he always been Essex/Suffolk based? Has he always lived off the grid? He seems like a very dangerous individual - a horrible mix of violent, intelligent and resourceful. I hope police forces in the south of England, particularly in rural areas, are looking into him.

 

[Inthedetails]

“The Crown Prosecution Service has released the file of evidence presented to the jury during the trial of Roy Barclay, who was found guilty of murdering Anita Rose.”

New footage released in case of dog walker murder

New footage shown to the jury during the trial of Roy Barclay, who has been convicted of murdering Brantham dog walker Anita Rose, has been released…

www.eadt.co.uk

So heartbreaking to see Anita walking with her dog that morning before she was fatally attacked. It makes one want to reach out and grab her to stop her from meeting that terrible end that awaits her.

There’s also video of Barclay walking on Rectory Lane three days before Anita was attacked, his shoes, the bathroom at the sewage works facility (me: yuck—grossly dirty), and a sample of his internet searches.

I think about Anita frequently as I like to take a morning walk too. Since her death, I try to get home before my husband leaves for work "just in case" anything goes wrong and I don't make it home when expected, he would know quickly. Crazy how cases can work their way into your life.

I also love the name Anita so that another way I remember her.

She was simply walking her dog - that's it. So relatable.

Happy to see justice served.

jmopinion

 

[Parker Knoll]

It’s awful - I feel exactly the same as you.

 

[slowpoke]

Would love to know more about this guy’s background. Surely the attack on the pensioner that he was jailed for back in 2015 wasn’t his first violent offence (he would’ve been 46 at the time)? Has he always been Essex/Suffolk based? Has he always lived off the grid? He seems like a very dangerous individual - a horrible mix of violent, intelligent and resourceful. I hope police forces in the south of England, particularly in rural areas, are looking into him.

This Daily Mail article has the most on his background that I have come across.

Seems he was born in Walton-on-the-Naze to a single mother.

Not much is known of his early life, but by 2002, he was registered as living in a bedsit in Frinton-on-Sea, which borders Walton-on-the-Naze.

Neighbors said it was a kind of place whose tenants appeared to be men who might otherwise be living in the rough.

And then there was his association at some period in his life with some infamous figure named David Farrant, who apparently made headlines back in the 1970s regarding the occult and the paranormal.

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So, I’m in the US, and am not knowledgeable of England’s areas to answer your question regarding if he has always been based in Essex/Suffolk.

But he did get around some, though, based on all the different locations of his Google Reviews! (map from this bbc article)

 

[Kittypoo]

I think about Anita frequently as I like to take a morning walk too. Since her death, I try to get home before my husband leaves for work "just in case" anything goes wrong and I don't make it home when expected, he would know quickly. Crazy how cases can work their way into your life.

I also love the name Anita so that another way I remember her.

She was simply walking her dog - that's it. So relatable.

Happy to see justice served.

jmopinion

Me too. My Mum was also called Anita and I lost her albeit in a different way in the UK so it’s very close to home.

I also have a little dog but rarely feel comfortable solo walking it’s a sad indicator of today’s society. I have NT membership for solo walks which feels safer.

 

[Alyce]

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[Parker Knoll]

Thanks Alyce x

 

[Tortoise]

10:46am
Following the conviction, Suffolk police said a joint review would be launched by the force and the probation service into Roy Barclay.

Assistant Chief Constable Alice Scott has said: “Following the conviction resulting from the trial of Roy Barclay for the murder of Anita Rose last summer, a voluntary partnership review will now be conducted under the Multi-Agency Public Protection Arrangements process involving the police and the probation service.

“It will look closely at the information sharing processes and how the organisations collaborated in terms of Barclay who was wanted on recall to prison when he murdered Anita."

11:04am
Barclay has entered the dock in a grey sweatshirt, between prison guards while family members of Ms Rose are now filing into the public gallery.

11:07am
Jessica Cox, Ms Rose's daughter, is now reading her victim personal statement from the witness box - Barclay is looking on, emotionless.

RECAP: Roy Barclay murder sentencing as it happens

Roy Barclay is due to be sentenced for the murder of Anita Rose at Ipswich Crown Court.

www.eadt.co.uk

 

[Tortoise]

11:15am
Jessica Cox, Ms Rose's daughter, is now reading her victim personal statement from the witness box.

Ms Cox has said that when she saw her mother in hospital the person laid in front her did not look like her mum anymore.

Tearfully she has added: “When my mum passed away on Sunday morning our worlds shattered, we won’t ever be able to put the pieces back together.

“It’s one thing to lose someone you love but for it to happen this way changes you as a person.

“I am not the person that I was. I feel constant anxiety and dread each day.”

She has described the actions of Barclay as “horrifying”.

“I do not feel he has shown any remorse. I believe he is cunning, and I believe he has enjoyed what he has done” Ms Cox added – looking at the defendant.

11:20am
Prosecutor Matthew Sorel-Cameron is now reading another victim personal statement from one of Anita’s sons. Barclay continues to look on without expression.

“I miss mum being part of our family”

“Nothing feels the same anymore, birthdays without her, Christmas without her, it just isn’t the same.”

The family members are looking on as the prosecutor reads the statement out to the court.

RECAP: Roy Barclay murder sentencing as it happens

Roy Barclay is due to be sentenced for the murder of Anita Rose at Ipswich Crown Court.

www.eadt.co.uk

 

[Grouse]

"I'm fed up of hearing my mum was in the wrong place at the wrong time... she was doing what she loved and that was walking."

Live updates also on BBC website Anita Rose murder: Sentencing hearing starts for fugitive who killed woman walking dog

 

[Tortoise]

11:27am
Warren Rose, another of Anita’s sons, has said in a letter to Judge Martyn Levett: “Anita was more than just my mum she was beautiful and loud and outspoken she had a presence that filled every room she entered.”

“We had fallen out just before her death and tragically we never had time to make up and that regret weighs heavily on me.

“She lost her life doing something so ordinary.

“Since that day my life has been consumed by grief, fear and anxiety.

“Emotionally I feel broken. More than anything it’s the absence of her. I always knew my mum was there for me and now she is gone – gone in an instant and we are left to carry that burden forever.

“We seek justice not out of vengeance but to honour my mum’s memory.”

RECAP: Roy Barclay murder sentencing as it happens

Roy Barclay is due to be sentenced for the murder of Anita Rose at Ipswich Crown Court.

www.eadt.co.uk

 

[Grouse]

11:27am
“We had fallen out just before her death and tragically we never had time to make up and that regret weighs heavily on me.

That's so sad to read

 

[Inthedetails]

"I'm fed up of hearing my mum was in the wrong place at the wrong time... she was doing what she loved and that was walking."

Live updates also on BBC website Anita Rose murder: Sentencing hearing starts for fugitive who killed woman walking dog

Right on!

jmo

 

[Tortoise]

11:36am
Ashley Rose, another of Anita’s sons, said: “I’m writing this statement to try to explain the impact this horrific event.

“To see my mum laying in Addenbrooke’s Hospital caused such extreme emotional distress.”

He added: “After my mum passed, I felt an overwhelming need to be out long into the evening searching the area in Brantham.

“I feel a sense of guilt when I experience happiness now as mum isn’t here to share that happiness.

“I feel I cannot grieve because I hold so much anger and frustration around the attack.”

RECAP: Roy Barclay murder sentencing as it happens

Roy Barclay is due to be sentenced for the murder of Anita Rose at Ipswich Crown Court.

www.eadt.co.uk

 

[Tortoise]

11:42am
Richard Jones, Anita’s husband, said in a statement: “My life has felt like a living nightmare. Anita was my world, and I worshipped the ground she walked on.

“The loss of my Anita has ruined me; her death was sudden and brutal. I cannot process it. It’s only started to feel real that she is no longer here as the court case progresses.

“I have had to hear about all the injuries my Anita was subject to.”

“I cannot bare to think about it.”

He added: “Anita and I planned to grow old together and we were planning to move abroad together. I spent 14 years with Anita - our lives were perfect but that has been taken from me

“Nothing is ever going to be alright again. Every morning, I wake up expecting to find Anita but she’s not there.

“I feel anger and heartbreak all at once. I find myself rewatching videos of Anita from our holidays just to hear her voice.

“When I do everyday tasks like housework, I can hear Anita telling me what I’ve done wrong, everything is still as she had it.

“My whole world has been turned upside down in the most awful and brutal way possible.”

RECAP: Roy Barclay murder sentencing as it happens

Roy Barclay is due to be sentenced for the murder of Anita Rose at Ipswich Crown Court.

www.eadt.co.uk

 

[Tortoise]

Prosecutor discusses sentencing framework​

published at 11:50
11:50​

Alice Cunningham
Reporting from Ipswich Crown Court

Prosecutor Christopher Paxton KC is now speaking with Judge Martyn Levett about what sentencing framework he should consider with Roy Barclay.

He tells the judge a minimum term of the time Barclay will spend in prison must be set.

Anita Rose murder: Fugitive who murdered woman as she walked dog jailed for at least 25 years

Roy Barclay, 56, had been on the run for two years when he killed Anita Rose, to avoid being recalled to prison for a separate offence.

www.bbc.co.uk