Uncle talks about taking anger management before clubbing his niece to death, court finds

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An uncle who allegedly murdered his 16-year-old niece spoke of taking anger management training before clubbing her to death in the woods “during a sexual assault,” a court said today.

Shane Mays, 30, is on trial on charges of killing Louise Smith, whose body damaged by fire was found “soiled and burned” 13 days after her disappearance.

Chazlynn Jayne Mays, known as CJ Mays, who is Louise’s mother’s cousin as well as the victim’s aunt, had previously complained to her friends about her husband Shane’s outbursts in the months before the death.

Louise, an aspiring veterinary nurse, went missing on May 8, triggering a massive police chase in Havant Thicket, Hampshire. Her body was found on May 21 in a wooded area and she had received multiple blows to the head.

Louise Smith (pictured above), 16, went missing on May 8, triggering a massive police chase in Havant Thicket, Hampshire. His body was found on May 21 in a wooded area

Shane Mays, 30, is on trial charged with killing Louise Smith, whose body damaged by fire was found

Shane Mays, 30, is on trial charged with killing Louise Smith, whose body damaged by fire was found “soiled and burned” 13 days after her disappearance

As the trial at Winchester Crown Court enters its third week, Shane has been charged with murder and the jury learned he had no previous convictions.

Reading a list of agreed facts, junior prosecutor Andrew Houston said: “The only cases filed against him [Mays] are an assault charge dated June 9, 2005, at the age of 14 and a theft warning dated May 23, 2009, at the age of 19. ‘

But the jury was told of a text conversation between CJ and a friend on March 9 of this year, when Ms Mays texted just before midnight to say, “He’s gone. ??. Are you waking up? ‘

The next day, when her friend asked if Shane had come home, CJ texted, “Yeah sure, this morning I told him he needed to get help with his because I didn’t. have not… “

After hearing the message, which ended abruptly, the jury was informed of another message sent later that same day when CJ Mays contacted her sister to say, “I told her to get help. for anger because I seriously don’t have it. “

It is unclear what incident the texts might relate to and Mays has yet to begin his defense, which is expected to take place tomorrow.

Mays denies the murder but admits manslaughter, saying he “lost his temper” and killed Louise by beating her after an argument. He denies defiling the teenager and setting her body on fire.

Andrew Langdon QC, defending, said earlier: “By his plea of ​​guilty to manslaughter, Mr Mays accepts that on Friday May 8, after walking with Louise to Havant Thicket, he attacked her.

Shane Mays (pictured right, with his wife, Chazlynn Jayne Mays, known as CJ Mays) denies the murder but admits manslaughter, claiming he has

Shane Mays (pictured right, with wife Chazlynn Jayne Mays, known as CJ Mays) denies the murder but admits manslaughter, saying he has “lost his temper”

Police in the wooded area of ​​Havant, Hampshire, during their investigation in May

Police in the wooded area of ​​Havant, Hampshire, during their investigation in May

Markers placed at the scene in November, to facilitate the jury's visit during the trial of Shane Mays, of Havant, Hampshire, who is on trial at Winchester Crown Court on murder charges

Markers placed at the scene in November, to facilitate the jury’s visit during the trial of Shane Mays, of Havant, Hampshire, who is on trial at Winchester Crown Court on murder charges

“His case is that he did it because of an argument that caused him to lose control of his temper.

“He hit her repeatedly and accepts that his attack on her would have caused or contributed to her subsequent death. He did not intend to kill her or cause her serious injury.

Louise’s face had been smashed with her jaw and teeth dislocated from her face and a large circular hole left in the pit of her stomach, the jury heard.

The medical examiner, Dr Basil Purdue, had concluded that it was not possible to say which of the injuries Louise suffered had killed her, or whether she was alive at the time they were inflicted.

Louise’s body had been raped, the prosecution said, so that there was “reason to believe that part of the motivation for her murder was sexual.”

Mays was accused of throwing Louise’s phone away before fleeing Havant Thicket and returning home to the Leigh Park area, from where he went to an Icelandic store to buy four pizzas.

The trial continues.

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