Scarlet Blake, 26, targeted Jorge Martin Carreno, 30, as he walked home from a night out in Oxford in July 2021.
Blake, who is a transgender woman, led him to a secluded riverbank where he was hit on the back of the head with a vodka bottle, strangled and then pushed into the River Cherwell, where he drowned.
The judge said that there was no evidence of sexual activity at the scene of the murder but there was “ample evidence [Blake] derived sexual gratification from strangulation”.
Listing aggravating factors, the judge said: “There was therefore a clear sexual motivation for the killing. You also believe that you would derive pleasure, whether sexual or not, from the experience of killing a person. I am sure that you did derive pleasure from killing Jorge as you had from killing the cat.”
During her evidence, she claimed she(sic) had a fragmented personality, which included being a cat, and miaowed at the jury to show how she(sic) would interact with friends.
The murder came four months after Blake livestreamed the horrific killing of her neighbour’s cat. Blake used cat food and a carrier to lure the pet. Setting up a tripod and camera, she(sic) suspended the cat with a ribbon, before cutting it open.
After the killing, Blake dissected the animal, decapitated it, removed its fur and skin, and placed its body in a blender.
Once she(sic) had dissected the cat, she said: “Well, one day, I want to learn how to do this to a person.”
Source: Cat killer sentenced to life for Oxford murder as part of sexual fantasy | UK news | The Guardian