Libby Squire's death 'may have been suicide', according to lawyers defending her alleged killer. The University of Hull philosophy student, 21, was found dead in the Humber Estuary seven weeks after she was allegedly murdered.
Prosecutors claim 26-year-old butcher Pawel Relowicz raped and killed her before dumping her body in the river, Hull Live reports.
His lawyers have now raised the possibility that Libby killed herself, telling the jury that she had previously considered throwing herself into a river.
Libby disappeared in January 2019 after a night out with friends in which she had been refused entry to a Beverley Road nightclub because she was too drunk.
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