Sunday, October 30, 2011
#JoYeates : 'Sex And SubMission' - Information The Jury Did Not Hear.
Police think Tabak watched sex videos before killing Yeates. One of Tabak's favourite films - "Sex and Submission" - was set in a dungeon. When police searched his computer hard-drive, they found three images of a woman who looked like Joanna Yeates. In recent times he had moved from browsing violent fantasies online to paying prostitutes for services in trips to Newcastle and LA. The judge ruled that such details were inadmissible as evidence, so the jury weren't told about these during the trial.
http://keith-london.livejournal.com/4188910.html
http://keith-london.livejournal.com/4188910.html
#JoYeates : Landlord Criticises Police
Christopher Jefferies said he was very upset ast the media portrayal of him and his arrest and its aftermath were 'the most difficult time of my life'. Photograph: Tim Ireland/PA
The landlord arrested on suspicion of the murder of Jo Yeates has criticised police for wasting "time and attention" on him.
In an interview with ITV news, Jefferies said: "A lot of their time and attention was taken up with me. It's absolutely clear that the focus should have been elsewhere."
Jefferies, who was landlord of both Yeates and Tabak and lived in the same building, said he felt "numb" on arrest, and then angry.
"I knew that I was innocent. I was required to go through these very protracted series of interviews during the course of three days.
"Whether they were making other inquiries at the same time or not, I don't know."
Jefferies said he was very upset at the way sections of the media portrayed him. "This was an entirely foreign personality that was being foisted on me," he said.
Former public school teacher Christopher Jefferies was held for three days by detectives investigating Yeates' murder.
Jefferies, who was landlord of both Yeates and Tabak and lived in the same building, said he felt "numb" on arrest, and then angry.
"I knew that I was innocent. I was required to go through these very protracted series of interviews during the course of three days.
"Whether they were making other inquiries at the same time or not, I don't know."
Jefferies said he was very upset at the way sections of the media portrayed him. "This was an entirely foreign personality that was being foisted on me," he said.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2011/oct/28/yeates-landlord-criticises-police?CMP=twt_gu
Wednesday, October 26, 2011
#JoYeates #Tabak 'Clever And Deceitful'
The man accused of murdering Jo Yeates is "very clever" but also "dishonest, deceitful and a liar", a court has been told.
Prosecutor Nigel Lickley QC told Bristol Crown Court Tabak had sex on his mind when he went to her flat.
William Clegg QC, defending, said the evidence did not support the Mr Lickley's claims.
Miss Yeates, 25, was strangled at her home in Canynge Road, Clifton, on 17 December 2010.
Jurors heard the prosecution and defence's closing speeches as the trial draws to a conclusion.
The body of Miss Yeates, originally from Ampfield, Hampshire, was found by dog walkers on Christmas Day in Longwood Lane, Failand, North Somerset.
Mr Lickley said Tabak could have walked away from the attack on Miss Yeates.
The prosecutor told the jury: "Vincent Tabak is very clever, he is intelligent.
"There is another side to Vincent Tabak. He is dishonest, deceitful and he is a liar."
The prosecutor alleged the Dutch engineer had struggled with Miss Yeates as she fought for her life.
However, he went to her flat, with sex on his mind, Mr Lickley said.
Jo Yeates was found dead on Christmas Day 2010 "It goes to his intent and his intention to kill or cause really serious bodily harm.
"The whole incident is linked to sex. This is a killing linked to sex."
Mr Lickley also accused Tabak of making up his recollections of the night of 17 December.
He told jurors that, when Tabak gave evidence, he answered "can't remember" to more than 80 questions.
Defending Tabak, William Clegg QC appealed to the jury to reach a verdict based on the evidence alone.
"I am not going to ask you to excuse his conduct after the killing, there can be no excuse," he said.
He said Tabak's behaviour was "dreadful" and added: "But it does not alter what was in his mind at the time it happened.
'Seconds of madness'
Mr Clegg said the evidence did not support the prosecution's claims that Miss Yeates's death was "planned, premeditated and sexually motivated".
He said the prosecution could not explain how Tabak got inside Miss Yeates's flat and suggested Tabak's claim that he was invited in was correct.
He said the prosecution claim that Tabak had picked up Miss Yeates's cat and taken it to her flat were not supported by evidence.
"That goes a long way to destroy the suggestion that this killing was planned," Mr Clegg said.
He also asked the jury to accept Tabak's view that Miss Yeates died after 21:35 GMT and not shortly after she arrived home at 20:45 GMT.
Mr Clegg added that witness reports of screams coming from Canynge Road were more likely to be students than Miss Yeates.
"I am going to invite you to conclude this was a very short, fast-moving incident which would have been over in less than 30 seconds," he said.
"That is what this case is about - whether or not Vincent Tabak had formed an intention to kill or cause serious harm to Joanna Yeates.
"There was a few seconds of madness.
"We would invite you to say the fact he cannot provide a second-by-second account in what happened in that fast-moving, dynamic situation is really not surprising.
"Could you really expect it of anyone?"
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bristol-15446142
Tuesday, October 25, 2011
#JoYeates #Tabak Denies Sexual Motive For Strangling Jo.
Joanna Yeates's killer denied he strangled her for his sexual gratification as he gave evidence for the second day in the murder trial yesterday.
With her father and boyfriend listening intently just feet away, Vincent Tabak maintained his composure under cross examination.
The 33-year-old Dutch engineer admits manslaughter but denies murder, insisting he never intended to kill Miss Yeates, a 25-year-old landscape architect.
Miss Yeates's disappearance after leaving drinks with colleagues last year led to a full-scale missing persons hunt which ended eight days later, on Christmas morning, when her body was found by dog walkers on a snowy verge three miles from her home. Her neighbour, Tabak, was arrested on 20 January.
Giving evidence for a second day at Bristol Crown Court, he was asked by the prosecutor, Nigel Lickley QC, whether his motivation in killing Miss Yeates was sexual: "Did you derive sexual gratification from holding her throat?" Tabak replied: "Definitely not." Admitting he was attracted to Miss Yeates, he insisted he was not excited when he tried to kiss her.
He had, he told the court, misunderstood her "cheery, happy" demeanor after she invited him into her flat. "We were standing close to each other; she invited me in for a drink. I though she was flirtatious," he said.
Earlier, the jury heard his claims that Miss Yeates had screamed when he went to kiss her and he had placed a hand over her mouth, killing her in a matter of 20 seconds. He added: "It was not my intention to harm her. I just wanted to calm her down and stop her from screaming."
The prosecution claims the fact that Miss Yeates had 43 injuries showed she had fought for her life. "There was no fight," Tabak insisted.
Contrary to claims he was cold and calculating in his attempts to cover up the crime, he said he was "in a state of panic" after dumping her body. But he conceded that he knew full well what he was doing as he covered his tracks over the next few weeks. "I misled the police, yes," he said. "And it is dishonest."
Tabak's voice shook as he told the jury that he was sorry for what he had done to Miss Yeates's parents, her boyfriend and to his girlfriend, Tanja Morson. His calm appearance was also shaken when he was shown an image of Miss Yeates's body in a foetal position at Flax Bourton mortuary, in Somerset. Later Dr Nat Cary, a forensic pathologist, insisted that it was "largely speculative" that the motive for the attack was sexual and his examination found it was extremely unlikely she had been assaulted that way.
The trial continues.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/tabak-denies-sexual-motive-for-strangling-2374261.html
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