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Emily Johnson & Laura Sharman

Libby Squire's killer Pawel Relowicz moans about being portrayed as 'bad person'

Killer Pawel Relowicz brought a new blow to Libby Squire's family when he moaned about being depicted as 'a bad person.'

Libby's heartbroken mum Lisa Squire wants nothing more than to know what happened in her daughter's final moments.

Twisted Relowicz, who laughed when he was arrested for raping and murdering the 21-year-old, initially agreed to meet with Ms Squire but then refused to cooperate.

Now he has "changed the goalposts" again, after bleating about being made out to be a "bad person" in the media.

The Polish butcher demanded a list of Ms Squire's questions prior to the potential meeting.

But he then said he could not talk because he would be appealing against his life sentence for murdering her daughter.

Pawel Relowicz was due to meet with Libby's mum (PA)
The meeting between the pair was later cancelled (PA)

Libby's mum said she now believes Relowicz has abandoned his attempts to be set free sooner, reports Hull Live.

It comes after it emerged that he had received more than £110,000 in legal aid.

In an emotional conversation, Ms Squire said despite the anguish, she remains determined to discover what happened on the night Libby died down to the last devastating details.

This included whether Libby was chatty or sleepy when she got into Relowicz's car, and how she ended up in the river.

(PA)
Her mum has spoken about the family's struggle to cope without her (Hull Daily Mail / MEN Media)

Ms Squire still has more questions to be answered despite Relowicz’s conviction, and hoped a meeting with him could give her some closure.

He initially agreed before "changing the goalposts", saying he would meet Ms Squire but only if she didn’t talk about what happened to Libby and demanded a list of her questions

The mum said: "He wasn’t happy with me talking about him in the press before – he said it made him out to be a bad person. At the time, I was agreeing to everything just to meet him.

"My hope was that we could meet a few times and he would tell me over time, but then he just shut down saying he was going to appeal. He hasn’t.

Police recently joined forces with Libby’s family in a campaign urging people to report low-level sex offences (Tim Merry)

"I want my children and my grandchildren to know I did everything I could to find out what happened to Libby."

Maternity nurse Ms Squire was incredibly close with her daughter Libby and the pair shared a "deep bond".

She has since found comfort in spirituality to come to terms with her daughter's untimely death but wants every gruelling detail of Libby's last moments.

"I just want to talk to the person who was last with my daughter. I have so many questions. Was she chatty when he got her into his car? Or was she sleepy?" she said.

Relowicz agreed to meet with Ms Squire but then refused to cooperate (MEN MEDIA)

"I want to ask him 'did you roll her in the river, kick her in? Did she go in head or feet first?' Nothing he can tell me can be worse than what goes on in my imagination."

Ms Squire, of High Wycombe, Bucks, is now campaigning to change the laws around non-contact sex offences, calling for greater punishment.

It is well documented that offences such as Relowicz’s can escalate, with former Met cop Wayne Couzens also being accused of indecent exposure before he kidnapped, raped and murdered Sarah Everard in 2021.

Ms Squire is also working with police on a project to ensure school children are given advice on how to keep themselves safe at university, including a warning over drinking too much.

A police car outside a property in Hull during the search for Libby (SWNS)

But her campaigning has not taken away the pain of her loss.

She said: "Every morning, in that lull between sleep and waking up, I still think life is normal then I wake up and remember Libby is gone.

"Sometimes the grief takes me by surprise. I was looking at a picture of Libby the other day that I’ve looked at a million times and found myself in tears thinking why has someone taken this lovely human being?

"The work I’m doing in Libby’s name invigorates me but I’ll be thinking I’m doing okay and then a really bad day will come and it’s like I’ve just lost her all over again. Some days are just horrific.

Appearing at Sheffield Crown Court, Relowicz denied raping and murdering Libby (PA)

"In the early years I tried to fight it. But now if I’m having a bad day I’ll let it come."

Relowicz dumped Libby’s body in the River Hull after he raped her on Oak Road playing fields in the early hours of February 1, 2019.

Last November, Humberside Police joined forces with Libby’s family to launch a campaign urging people to report low-level sex offences.

Libby, a student at the University of Hull, was on her way home from a night out with friends when Relowicz targeted her.

Ms Squire told of her heartbreak, remembering every morning how her daughter is gone (Tim Merry)

He approached her as he saw her sitting on a bench after she was refused entry into Welly nightclub.

CCTV footage showed Libby, in distress and drunk, before she was persuaded or forced into Relowiz’s silver Vauxhall Astra. Her body was found in the Humber Estuary seven weeks later.

Before he killed Libby, Relowicz had carried out a sickening campaign of sexually motivated crimes in Hull’s student area including peering through windows to watch young women, breaking into their homes to steal intimate items and masturbating in the street.

Just hours after he raped and murdered Libby, Relowicz went back home and watched pornography before going out again to scout another victim.

At his trial at Hull Crown Court, Justice Lambert sentenced Relwoicz to life imprisonment with a minimum term of 27 years before he can be considered for parole. He was also handed 18 years for rape concurrently.

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