It’s difficult not to look further into the psyche of PR. think a great deal about his behaviour is ‘unusual’, surreal almost, very emotionally detached. Actions such as not internet searching for Libby’s disappearance in the days afterwards or roaming (predatory on) the streets again hours after he attacked her do not, I think, imply his innocence, rather adds to the level of detachment, cold planning and harm intended.
I fully appreciate the different points of view on the possibility of him not being guilty of murder, and agree the timing is tight, but I still think a man of that psychological disposition and physical ability/agility is able to rape and kill, and dispose of Libby (pains me to write it) in minutes. Also transfer her to the river.
It’s hard not to write this without sharing an experience I am currently subjected to. Albeit on a very low level, I have just recently reported a man who my partner and I hired to clean our gutters before Christmas. Very well recommended firm, good reviews, two colleagues sent to us who were very polite and pleasant, waved to my children etc. I thought nothing more of it until Christmas Eve when I received an anonymous WhatsApp message wishing me a happy Christmas. Then another one an hour later saying hi again, then another one with an emoji with the tongue sticking out. Two hours later he sent a photo of himself in bed. I did not respond to any of the next 14 messages sent over the next 2 weeks. Albeit ‘harmless’ ‘hello hun’ messages, (as a QC like Saxby would have it) but they were relentless. And intimidating. I do not know this man. A man I’ve never met before or said more than a few words to when he was at my home doing the job we’d paid him to do. I also got 5 prank calls from him (I presume it was him) of breathing down the phone then hanging up. My point is, some men out there, some women, cross boundaries. And are clearly not put off by no response. I felt scared that he’d been in our house, used the toilet (cringe) looked at my bedroom, looked at my children, and actively sought to get my phone number from his colleague/a file. He was not at all deterred by me asking to stop messaging either, in fact to this day I can still see he hadn’t actually read it. As if to still hold control. Very strange, worrying. I was very upset about it all and felt worried to go out. He’d clearly looked at my social media too judging by some of his messages. His firm were horrified after I called them about it. I’ve reported him to the police. They can’t do much other than give me a case reference. Even my partner said they can’t do anything unless he “ramps it up”. I don’t want him to ramp it up!!! He should be locked up now!!! God knows how many other women he is/has harassed.
Sorry, rant over. But that sort of behaviour and ‘entitlement’ all starts somewhere. No coincidence he’s in employment up a ladder where he can look into windows. No coincidence at all Libby is found dead after meeting PR. He had already conducted serious crimes. You cannot normalise this behaviour. My partner had me nursing our youngest and rocking our eldest to sleep and saw little action for a while but he did not disappear into the streets at night for hours on end, terrorise other women, masturbate on streets, open other people’s windows, or steal items from their homes. MOO
