Jury in Libby Squire rape and murder trial to continue deliberations on Monday

The jury in the trial of a Polish butcher accused of the rape and murder of University of Hull student Libby Squire will continue with their deliberations on Monday.
By Lucy Leeson
Published 5th Feb 2021, 16:17 BST

Miss Squire, 21, vanished after she was turned away from the Welly nightclub in Hull for being too drunk, following a night out with friends in the early hours of February 1, 2019.

Her body was found by a fishing boat in the Humber estuary six weeks later on March 20.

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The prosecution alleges the philosophy student was murdered by married father-of-two Pawel Relowicz, who picked her up in Haworth Street, just off Beverley Road in Hull, before driving her to the nearby Oak Road playing fields where he raped her. The prosecution say he then dumped her body in the River Hull, either after killing her in the park or alive, leaving her to drown.

University of Hull student Libby Squire.University of Hull student Libby Squire.
University of Hull student Libby Squire.

Relowicz, formerly of Raglan Street, Hull, told the jury he did not kill Miss Squire, but said the pair had consensual sex on Oak Road, before he left her alive wandering off towards Beresford Avenue.

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The jury, consisting of seven women and five men, retired at 2.41pm on Thursday, following the 14 day trial at Sheffield Crown Court.

The Honourable Mrs Justice Lambert urged the jury to "pull out all the stops" to ensure they attend court on Monday, despite heavy snow forecast for Sheffield over the weekend.