He allegedly assembled a 'killing kit' in the days before attacking her on Friday, June 13 this year, buying a hammer from a hardware store, and adding nylon rope, scissors, a modelling knife, bin liners, freezer bags, duct tape and a spade. Ellis, who had suffered minor injuries, was taken to hospital and arrested after Miss Bartholomew's body was found. A post mortem examination on the mother-of-three who worked in an electronics factory found she had suffered 22 blows to her head and had been strangled. Ellis of Tunstall near Woodbridge denies murder, but has admitted manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility. Tiler Mark Mayhew, who had been friends with Ellis since school, said in a statement read to the court: 'Scott is obsessed with films.'
In the days leading up to the attack on Friday, June 13, he reportedly prepared a 'killing kit' by purchasing a hammer from a hardware store and gathering items such as nylon rope, scissors, a modeling knife, bin liners, freezer bags, duct tape, and a spade. Ellis, who sustained minor injuries, was hospitalized and later arrested after Miss Bartholomew's body was discovered. A post-mortem examination revealed that the mother-of-three, who worked in an electronics factory, had suffered 22 blows to the head and had been strangled. Ellis, from Tunstall near Woodbridge, denies murder but has admitted to manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility. In a statement read to the court, Mark Mayhew, a tiler and long-time friend of Ellis since school, described him as being 'obsessed with films.'
In the days prior to the attack on Friday, June 13 of this year, he reportedly put together a 'killing kit', purchasing items such as a hammer from a hardware store, along with nylon rope, scissors, a modeling knife, bin liners, freezer bags, duct tape, and a spade. Ellis, who sustained minor injuries, was taken to the hospital and subsequently arrested after the body of Miss Bartholomew was discovered. A post mortem examination revealed that the mother-of-three, who was employed at an electronics factory, suffered 22 blows to her head and had been strangled. Ellis, who lives in Tunstall near Woodbridge, denies murder but has accepted manslaughter due to diminished responsibility. Tiler Mark Mayhew, a long-time friend of Ellis, remarked in a statement presented to the court that "Scott is obsessed with films."
In the days leading up to the Friday, June 13 attack, he allegedly assembled a ‘killing kit’, buying a hammer from a hardware store, as well as nylon rope, scissors, a modelling knife, bin liners, freezer bags, duct tape and a spade. Ellis, who was lightly injured, was taken to hospital and arrested when the body of Miss Bartholomew was found. The mother-of-three, who worked at an electronics factory, was beaten 22 times on the head and strangled, a post mortem examination found. Ellis, of Tunstall, near Woodbridge, is accused of murder but has pleaded guilty to manslaughter on diminished responsibility. "Scott is a film nut," Tiler Mark Mayhew, a longtime friend of Ellis, said in a statement read to the court.
He is said to have assembled a 'killing kit' in the days before the attack on Friday, June 13 this year, buying a hammer from a hardware store, nylon rope, scissors, a modeling knife, bin liners, freezer bags, duct tape and a spade. Ellis, who was injured slightly, was hospitalized and later arrested after the body of Miss Bartholomew was found. The mother-of-three, who worked at an electronics factory, had 22 blows to the head and was strangled, according to a post mortem. Ellis, who resides in Tunstall near Woodbridge, has not been convicted of murder but has pleaded guilty to manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility. Tiler Mark Mayhew, a friend of Ellis for many years, said in a statement read to the court that "Scott is a film junkie."