'Giggling' mother, 27, accused of murdering her sleeping lover 'lied to police ... trends now
A true crime fan accused of murdering her boyfriend in his sleep, blackmailed him and another lover with sex-tapes as she 'played' two of them at the same time, a court heard.
Shaye Groves, who had pictures of serial killers such as Ted Bundy and Jeffrey Dahmer on her bedroom wall, is alleged to have launched a 'passionate' attack on 'sleeping' Frankie Fitzgerald.
Jurors were told the 27-year-old, who rang a friend 'giggling' after killing her lover and then showed his body saying 'I've done him', had previously threatened to make Mr Fitzgerald's life 'a misery' by leaking videos of alleged sexual abuse.
However, the court heard recordings of the pair showed the sexual acts had in fact been 'consensual', after they were heard discussing their safe word 'red light'.
Groves had even made a deal with Mr Fitzgerald saying she could be woken 'by sexual intercourse until further notice', in a note written by the accused, prosecutors alleged.
Shaye Groves, 27, is alleged to have launched a 'passionate' attack on her 'sleeping' boyfriend Frankie Fitzgerald
A note, read out to jurors at Winchester Crown Court, said: 'I, Shaye Groves give Frankie Fitzgerald permission to wake me up through sexual intercourse from the date of 22 March until further notice.'
Jurors also heard evidence from one of Groves' friends, Vikki Baitup, who told police the 27-year-old mother had been threatening to post sexual clips of herself and Mr Fitzgerald on Facebook to 'make his life a misery'.
During an interview with police, Ms Baitup said she suspected Groves got a 'thrill' from the 'abusive' sexual nature of their relationship.
She also told officers Groves had a violent history, recounting two occasions in which she attacked Lauren White - who lived with her - once with nail clippers, leaving her head bleeding.
The mother-of-one was said to have owned four 'decorative' knives - with depictions of film villains Chuckie, Jigsaw and Pennywise on - which she and Mr Fitzgerald used for 'knife play' in the bedroom.
Groves was allegedly 'obsessed' with Mr Fitzgerald's 'performance in the bedroom', with the couple's sex life involving bondage, dominance, submission and masochism.
She denies murdering the 25-year-old father of one by stabbing him 22 times in a 'crime of passion' at her home in Havant, Hampshire, on July 17
