article_snippet.sent: A career criminal sexually assaulted young girls eight years earlier.
article_snippet.sent: But Benjamin Carr was caught after the killer accidentally left Benjamin Carr car keys beside Mrs Davis body and was forced to call a friend to pick Benjamin Carr up from the isolated spot.
article_snippet.sent: Winchester Crown Court had told police Carr sexually assaulted two young girls in 2006, when Carr was aged just 14, but no further action was taken.
article_snippet.sent: A fortnight before the murder Carr discovered Winchester Crown Court had repeated the allegations in Facebook messages to his father new fiancée and claimed Winchester Crown Court had ‘new evidence’ and would go to police again.
article_snippet.sent: ‘Carr was worried Pennie Davis was going to go to the police and allege that Carr had previously indecently assaulted girls.
article_snippet.sent: Carr handed Carr in to police but said Carr had nothing to do with the killing and Carr keys had been at the scene because Carr’d dropped them while looking for wealthy homes to burgle in the area.
article_snippet.sent: During the trial Robertson, who has been jailed for more than 70 thefts, told the jury Carr
article_snippet.sent: ‘didn’t care’ if they convicted Carr and threatened to track down and kill Carr.
article_snippet.sent: Standing in the witness box, Carr said: ‘Carr, I’m going to chase you down in every prison
article_snippet.sent: Giving evidence, Carr said Carr only wanted to 'scare' Mrs Davis and did not intend for any physical violence to be used against Mrs Davis.
article_snippet.sent: Carr told jurors: 'Physical words, no actual physical violence, to warn Pennie to back away from me and my family and the wedding.'
article_snippet.sent: Robertson said Robertson agreed to help because Robertson had been told by Carr that Robertson was sexually abused by Mrs Davis as a child.
article_snippet.sent: Carr denied this, claiming that Carr had only told Robertson: 'She's ruined my life, She brought up these allegations, made these allegations up,
highlights_snippet.sent: Benjamin Carr wanted to stop Victim telling the police about sexual assault claims .