UK: Woman obsessed with serial killers found guilty of murdering on-off boyfriend
A woman who is obsessed with serial killers has been found guilty of murdering of her on-off boyfriend who she stabbed to death after using tips from true crime documentaries to plan her alibi. Shaye Groves, 27, was convicted at Winchester Crown Court of slitting the throat of Frankie Fitzgerald, 25, before stabbing him 17 times in the chest in July last year after trying to portray herself as his victim.
Steven Perian KC, prosecuting, told the jury that Groves acted out of jealousy after she found that her victim had been messaging a 13-year-old girl on Facebook. “Their sex life involved bondage, dominance, submission and masochism – in short form, BDSM," he said. "It is very likely she was obsessed with Frankie Fitzgerald because of his performance in the bedroom.Mr Perian said that Groves used her knowledge from true crime shows to portray herself to friend, Vicky Baitup, as a victim of Mr Fitzgerald’s sexual violence.
"She has serial killer pictures all in frames on her wall and she watches murder documentaries. The Crown say that the defendant – by reading about and watching murder documentaries – she was familiar with crime scenes, how to create a false narrative and how to set up a false alibi.
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