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Cat killer allegedly told ex-partner she had murdered a man, court told

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A cat killer obsessed with violence and death allegedly told her ex-partner she had murdered a man whose body was later found floating in a river, a court has heard.

Scarlet Blake, 25, allegedly confessed to Ashlynn Bell that she had used a homemade garrotte to strangle Jorge Martin Carreno, 30, having targeted him as he made his way home from a night out.

It is alleged the BMW worker suffered blows to his head, was strangled and then drowned in the River Cherwell in Oxford during the early hours of July 25 2021.

Initial police inquiries identified Mr Carreno in the company of an unknown person on the night of his death.

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