Vincent Tabak, 33, appeared his usual self after the killing and, following another social gathering, even offered to see home safely a female friend who was worried about what had happened to Miss Yeates, the court was told.
The night after the killing, Tabak was described as “bored” and “disinterested” at the party as he stared across the room and drank a glass of champagne.
The previous evening, Miss Yeates told her friends that she was dreading being home alone at her Bristol flat for the first time hours before her neighbour killed her, the court heard.
During an after-work drink, the landscape architect said she was not looking forward to the weekend because her boyfriend, Greg Reardon, with whom she lived, was visiting his family in Sheffield.
Elisabeth Chandler, the office manager at BDP, the firm where Miss Yeates and Mr Reardon worked, told Bristol Crown Court in a written statement: “Jo told me that she was dreading the weekend because it was the first time she was going to be left on her own. Her partner Greg, who I know, was going away.” ...read more
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