UK - Lily Sullivan, 18, murdered by man she met @ Christmas party, Pembrokeshire, 17 Dec 2021

[terabethia]

Father-of-two, 31, appears in court charged with murdering 18-year-old Lily Sullivan | Daily Mail Online

Lily Sullivan attended a Christmas party at nightclub 'The Out' (formerly known as Paddles) on 17th December 2021, with friends. At 4:00am her body was found by Mill Pond in Pembroke with signs of strangulation. Father-of-2 Lewis Haines has been arrested and charged with murder. It is believed the two were not known together prior but met at the nightclub on 17th December.

 

[terabethia]

Such a terrible act of cruelty.

Something I found interesting (for lack of a better word) is that the accused Lewis Haines had a relative named Michaela Haines who died on 23rd December 2017. She was found hanged with traces of date rape drugs in her system. The police closed the case as non-suspicious but her family believe it was murder and therefore unsolved. Two young women, found dead in the days leading up to Christmas, one strangled and one hanged. JMO - could there be a link between these deaths via Lewis Haines? Probably not, but I do hope Michaela's death may be reinvestigated as a result.

Family to 'fight' for answers after Michaela Haines death

 

[lunarbear86]

First picture of man accused of murdering Welsh teen Lily Sullivan

First picture of man accused of murdering Welsh teen Lily Sullivan

 

[Luwin]

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His Facebook account - seems fairly open at the mo. I imagine it may get locked down?

 

[Sarahlou]

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His Facebook account - seems fairly open at the mo. I imagine it may get locked down?

Some interesting comments about his past behaviour (and about him having multiple facebook accounts) and if you search his name on facebook there is a post about a previous crime he committed.

This poor woman. He sounds like he's always been a piece of work.

 

[Legally Bland]

THE man accused of the murder of Lily Sullivan appeared at Swansea Crown Court this morning, December 23.

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He has not yet submitted a formal plea.

The judge remanded Haines in custody until the next date for his court appearance, January 14.

Murder accused Haines remanded in custody after first appearance at crown court

 

[bluetit]

Some interesting comments about his past behaviour (and about him having multiple facebook accounts) and if you search his name on facebook there is a post about a previous crime he committed.

This poor woman. He sounds like he's always been a piece of work.

What previous crime? Can you post a screenshot?

 

[ApparentlyInDenial]

He looks very much like the guy who was charged with murdering Bobbi Mcleod.

I did get the sense on opening his Facebook photos that he has those dead narcissist eyes that so many convicted rapists/murderers have.

 

[lunarbear86]

A date has been set for the trial of the man accused of murdering teenager Lily Sullivan.

The 31-year-old appeared in the dock of Swansea Crown Court on January 14 via videolink from Swansea Prison for a plea and trial preparation hearing. No plea to the charge was entered, and a provisional trial date of June 13 was set.

Date set for Lily Sullivan murder trial

 

[Luwin]

Lily Sullivan: Lewis Haines admits killing 18-year-old

Lewis Haines will stand trial accused of Lily Sullivan's murder, after admitting manslaughter.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[Teeniesmum]

Lewis Haines has changed his plea from Manslaughter to admitting Murder. Link to BBC article below. Lily Sullivan: Lewis Haines admits murdering 18-year-old

 

[RusselSprout]

Lily Sullivan: Man killed teenager after being rejected for sex

Lewis Haines was "frustrated" and "forcibly" took Lily Sullivan to Mill Pond in Pembroke.

www.bbc.co.uk

A man strangled a woman in frustration that she did not want to have sex with him, a judge has found.
The body of Lily Sullivan was found in Mill Pond, Pembroke, in the early hours of Friday 17 December.
In June, Lewis Haines, 31, admitted murder but his defence said it was not sexually motivated.

Although Haines, of Flemish Court, Lamphey, Pembrokeshire, automatically gets sentenced to life for murder, the special hearing was needed to allow the prosecution and defence to submit their case as to whether the murder was sexually motivated.

 

[Ched]

Moments Lily Sullivan walks with killer before he strangled her

Chilling video shows the moments tragic teenager Lily Sullivan walked down the street with her depraved killer before he strangled her and dumped her body after she rebuffed his advances for sex.

www.dailymail.co.uk

Lily Sullivan, 18, walks down street with killer moments before he strangled her and dumped her body - then ran away from the crime scene right past his victim's mother​

 

[Ched]

A 31-year-old man who brutally murdered a teenage student after she turned down his sexual advances has been jailed for life with a minimum of 23 years.

Man, 31, who strangled teenage student for turning him down jailed for 23 years

Lewis Haines brutally murdered Lily Sullivan, 18, after she rejected his sexual advances and dumped her in the water at a local beauty spot.

metro.co.uk

 

[Ched]

Live updates as Lewis Haines is jailed for 23 years

Lily Sullivan's body was found a few days before Christmas last year

www.walesonline.co.uk

 

[Sarahlou]

A 31-year-old man who brutally murdered a teenage student after she turned down his sexual advances has been jailed for life with a minimum of 23 years.

Man, 31, who strangled teenage student for turning him down jailed for 23 years

Lewis Haines brutally murdered Lily Sullivan, 18, after she rejected his sexual advances and dumped her in the water at a local beauty spot.

metro.co.uk

Not long enough at all, IMO. I just hope he doesn't get let out right away once the 23 years is up.

 

[Ched]

Moment Lily Sullivan's killer came within a few feet of her mum as she lay dead

Lewis Haines walked past the teenager's mum as she waited to pick her up - moments after strangling her for rejecting his sexual advances.

metro.co.uk

 

[Rusty Braincells]

This sentence seems on the low side to me even with the guilty plea and the details of whether or not sexual motivation was involved are coming across as muddled to me. I think it is unduly lenient in the round and should be appealed by the authorities, and would be increased on that appeal closer to 30 years’ minimum. I have seen a couple of the judge’s remarks quoted that I don’t like the look of and if it is possible for this minimum term to be challenged then I would expect it to be.