Found Deceased UK - Libby Squire, 21, last seen outside Welly club, Hull, 31 Jan 2019 #16 *ARREST*

[motherofdaughters]

I don’t think they can question him further. Not from what I’ve read from varying sites on Google. 96 hours is the absolute limit.
They’re option now is to release him from being under investigation or charge him. It’s not clear how long you can be under investigation though but from what I’ve read if it’s deemed unreasonable their lawyer can apply to be released. I think.
Was he questioned solely under suspicion of kidnap/abduction?
Does anyone know of a new charge, murder would reset the clock? Or is it in relation the the whole offence?

 

[Sally4x]

13:13

• His crimes escalated around Christmas 2018, where two women saw him “with his trousers around his thighs” performing a sex act in Newland Avenue

This is a telling statement. How far did his crimes escalate?

 

[bos]

Woah, I’ve only just clocked an arrest being made on the 2nd. I remember when ITV released spidercam & the firm the camera belonged to saying the police had had the footage early. We thought they’d maybe kept PR under observation after IDing his car in the hope of him leading them to Libby.

 

[bos]

This is a telling statement. How far did his crimes escalate?

What would the “sex act” be?

 

[jamjim]

What would the “sex act” be?

I thought masturbating, but then the charge a few days later explicitly states that's what he was doing, so it might have been something else, I dread to think what.

 

[bos]

Yeah, just weird it wasn’t referred to as that

 

[jamjim]

Yeah, just weird it wasn’t referred to as that

It is weird, because the charge a few days later explicitly states that's what he was doing, unlike the 'sex act' charge which is pretty non descriptive.

 

[CoverMeCagney]

Woah, I’ve only just clocked an arrest being made on the 2nd. I remember when ITV released spidercam & the firm the camera belonged to saying the police had had the footage early. We thought they’d maybe kept PR under observation after IDing his car in the hope of him leading them to Libby.

I think Saturday 2nd needs verifying. It wasn't public that he (not named) had been arrested until Wednesday 6th.

 

[yoyo1]

I think thats what i couldn't get my head round.
Still a person of interest, but still no charge, he knows he is doing jail time, will he still deny any involvement with libby?!

He will continue saying what he has said up to this point. At the moment he is guilty of small potatoes and if the police cant prove anything relating to the Libby murder then he is home free to Poland , theres no reason why he would change his story.

 

[Plod]

I don’t think they can question him further. Not from what I’ve read from varying sites on Google. 96 hours is the absolute limit.
They’re option now is to release him from being under investigation or charge him. It’s not clear how long you can be under investigation though but from what I’ve read if it’s deemed unreasonable their lawyer can apply to be released. I think.
Was he questioned solely under suspicion of kidnap/abduction?
Does anyone know of a new charge, murder would reset the clock? Or is it in relation the the whole offence?

They can. Just checked with a criminal defence lawyer . The 96 hours is to do with custody time and how long they keep him uncharged for, in custody. The minute he leaves the police station , the clock stops. So they could call him in a day later and the clock starts again.... when in prison, they’ll have no limits.

 

[CoverMeCagney]

He will continue saying what he has said up to this point. At the moment he is guilty of small potatoes and if the police cant prove anything relating to the Libby murder then he is home free to Poland , theres no reason why he would change his story.

I agree. He's got his story (and who knows - it might be true, she might have just run off into the night and her death has nothing to do with him) and without more evidence he can't be tried for it. He goes home to his ever loving mama to be a good Polish boy again.

 

[Skigh]

I wonder if his wife had been covering for him,whether she will be more likely to give evidence against him now she has heard the full extent of his activities.
If I were her,he would never see his children again.

 

[MsMiniSleuth]

Hi @MsMiniSleuth. Is there a way to check the authenticity in your info of the arrest date of 2nd February, which was Saturday, the day after LS disappearance? We've always been working on the assumption that he was arrested on Weds 5th February. If the earlier date is correct, this makes for some interesting rethinking of what was going on in those first few days.
Also a big thanks for your reporting. The scream mask sounds very sinister.

He was arrested on Wed Feb 6 according to this report from Thu Feb 7 Telegraph:

Married father of two Paweł Rełowicz was arrested on Wednesday night, at his rented home in Hull, just half a mile from where Miss Squire ...

So either police kept quiet date or the court papers are wrong. Or the reporting journo got date wrong in transcribing. Anyone wanna tweet him and ask?

Libby Squire: Sister of butcher held over missing student reveals he comforted her on night she vanished - but insists he's innocent

 

[Little Nicki]

They can. Just checked with a criminal defence lawyer . The 96 hours is to do with custody time and how long they keep him uncharged for, in custody. The minute he leaves the police station , the clock stops. So they could call him in a day later and the clock starts again.... when in prison, they’ll have no limits.

That's pretty much what I was trying to say. Thank you for simplifying it.

 

[Mommysleuth11]

What we thinking for sentence then? Im thinking it will be 3-4 years.

 

[MsMiniSleuth]

Someone has tweeted journo. Reporting error. Was Feb 6 arrest.

The Prince of Print (@SimonBristow8) tweeted at 1:59 pm on Fri, Aug 16, 2019:
Hi Julie, thanks. Arrest was Feb 6. Error on my part. This is being amended.
(The Prince of Print on Twitter)

 

[CoverMeCagney]

So on the Sunday afternoon, while they were wiping down the door of no15, was that because the occupiers put 2+2 together and reported the incident to police?

 

[TheCasual]

Jeez who would want to be a female in this day and age.

 

[Mommysleuth11]

So on the Sunday afternoon, while they were wiping down the door of no15, was that because the occupiers put 2+2 together and reported the incident to police?

Or they just hadnt got round to having SOCO round there as wasnt a high priority until Libby vanished.

I do think due to financial and time pressures, mistakes probably have been made that could possibly have prevented the probable upscale in his offending.
But then hindsight is a wonderful thing and even if the dots had been joined im not sure they could have predicted the outcome

 

[Plod]

Or they just hadnt got round to having SOCO round there as wasnt a high priority until Libby vanished.

I do think due to financial and time pressures, mistakes probably have been made that could possibly have prevented the probable upscale in his offending.
But then hindsight is a wonderful thing and even if the dots had been joined im not sure they could have predicted the outcome

Agreed. And there was no regular pattern to the offending.., they couldn’t just have had police out on those streets waiting for him. And many of these complainants for these charges may not have come forward until after Libby disappeared, or they heard other charges.