Cat killer Scarlet Blake told ex-partner she had murdered a man with homemade garrotte, court told

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “Blake also made comments about there was not much of a fight and she expected him to fight back more.” open image in gallery Jorge Martin Carreno Dr Lockyer said there was no “definite evidence that it happened but it is a possibility” that Blake had used a garrotte on Mr Carreno. How that person related to the death was difficult to determine.” Dr Lockyer said the new evidence presented to him included a video of Blake using a ligature high up around a partner’s neck. It is not fatal neck compression, but it is neck compression that could cause Mr Carreno to lose consciousness.” Based on the evidence I have been presented and the findings of the post-mortem, it would appear to me more likely than not that Mr Carreno was unconscious when he went into the water Pathologist Dr Brett Lockyer Dr Lockyer also told the jury that he was trying to understand why – if Mr Carreno had voluntarily entered water that was less than one metre deep – he did not just stand up. “But based on the evidence I have been presented and the findings of the post-mortem, it would appear to me more likely than not that Mr Carreno was unconscious when he went into the water.” The court previously heard how months before the alleged murder, Blake had livestreamed the killing and dissection of a cat.