A WOMAN obsessive about violence live-streamed killing a cat simply months earlier than murdering a stranger she met on the street, a court docket heard.
Scarlet Blake, 25, allegedly attacked Jorge Martin Carreno, 30, as he walked home from a night-out in Oxford in July 2021.
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His physique was found within the River Cherwell round 24 hours later after he suffered a blow to the again of his head, jurors heard.
Oxford Crown Court was advised Blake had a “fixation with violence and with understanding what it will be prefer to kill somebody”.
Just 4 months earlier than Jorge’s dying, she allegedly live-streamed the killing and dissection of a cat.
In a video defined to jurors, the New Order track True Faith may be heard enjoying within the background as Blake advised the cat: “Here we go my little good friend.
“Oh boy, you odor like s**t. I am unable to wait to place by way of the blender.”
Prosecutor Alison Morgan KC advised the court docket Blake then dissected the animal by inserting a scalpel into its eyes earlier than eradicating its fur.
Blake then put the cat’s mutilated physique right into a blender, jurors have been advised.
‘Disturbing curiosity’
She allegedly “boasted” in regards to the killing, which was impressed by Netflix documentary known as Don’t F*** with Cats.
The court docket was advised the present is a few man who kills kittens earlier than filming the homicide of a human – whereas the identical New Order track performed within the background.
Blake additionally allegedly spoke of her “want to open up a person like her ‘little cat good friend’.”
Ms Morgan stated: “This just isn’t merely about killing a defenceless animal. Its relevance to this trial is the defendant’s total manner.
“The footage exhibits her to be somebody who had a disturbing curiosity in what it will be prefer to hurt a dwelling creature. What it will really feel prefer to trigger struggling earlier than taking a life away.”
On July 25, 2021, Blake ambushed Jorge after he turned “misplaced and vulnerable” whereas walking home, it’s stated.
She had allegedly been stalking the streets for a sufferer earlier than stumbling throughout the 30-year-old.
After his physique was discovered, it took two years for the occasions of the evening to be “correctly understood”, the court docket heard.
She described herself to others as being somebody who derived sexual gratification from the considered violence and the considered dying.
Prosecutor Alison Morgan KC
Jurors have been advised officers have been capable of set up Jorge had not taken his personal life or died on account of an accident however was murdered.
Ms Morgan stated: “The prosecution alleges that this defendant had an excessive curiosity in dying and in hurt.
“It was an curiosity that went past mere fantasy. She described herself to others as being somebody who derived sexual gratification from the considered violence and the considered dying.
“Videos of her with one in every of her companions participating in acts of strangulation, consensually, in a sexualised context.
“She spoke to others about what it will be prefer to kill somebody.
“She checked out imagery and saved it on her units that confirmed an curiosity in ligatures being utilized across the neck. She talked about harming herself.”
Blake, of Crotch Crescent, Oxford denies homicide.
The trial continues.
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