Jemma Lilley indulged in horror films, had an obsession with knives and fantisised about murder and her home was filled with terrifying paraphernalia and multiple blocks of sharp blades.
But the British expat didn’t just indulge in the macabre, she wanted to kill someone before the age of 25 and her urge ‘was getting stronger and stronger’.
In November 2017, Jemma Victoria Lilley, 26, and Trudi Lenon, 43, were found guilty of murdering 18-year-old Aaron Pajich-Sweetman and Seven’s Sunday Night explored what drove the then 23-year-old to kill.
Jemma Lilley (pictured left) and her bondage-loving housemate Trudi Lenon (right), who agreed to help her commit her first murder as her ‘submissive’
Aaron Pajich-Sweetman,18, (pictured) had trusted Trudi because of his friendship with her young son, she lured the teenager to a shopping centre and back to their home.
Lilley grew up in the affluent town of Stamford, Lincolnshire – a two hour drive from London.
She had an obsession with the idea of murder and from a young age and wrote a book as a teenager called ‘Playzone’.
Playzone was about a brazen killer, named S.O.S., who tortured their victim. When she was angry, she would tell people ‘S.O.S. is coming out’.
Despite supporting his daughters creativity, Richard Lilley said his daughter’s work was ‘a little bit too graphic’.
He said: ‘A lot of people thought she had a mental problem.’
Lilley became a regular at her local video shop, managed by Angela McKibbin, and began to divulge her twisted fantasies.
Despite supporting his daughters creativity, Richard Lilley (pictured) said his daughter’s work was ‘a little bit too graphic’.
‘She liked horror movies. And that’s the only genre she would rent,’ the store manager told Sunday Night.
Ms McKibbin said: ‘She told me that she wanted to kill someone and that the feeling that she had was getting stronger and stronger.
‘She didn’t know if she could control it for much longer. And that she wanted to kill someone before she was 25.’
Killers Lenon and Lilley’s Perth home was filled with terrifying paraphernalia and multiple blocks of sharp knives.
Lilley enlisted Lenon, a mother-of-three who lived with the 24-year-old in Perth.
Lenon introduced her to Pajich-Sweetman, her son’s friend who lived on the same street, whom she had known for eight years.
In June, 2016 Lilley texted Lenon: ‘I feel as though I cannot rest until the blood or flesh of a screaming victim is gushing out and pooling on the floor, until all the roads and streets are stained red.’
Lenon replied, ‘It is definitely time – I am ready, you are ready.’
That same month she murdered Pajich-Sweetman with the help of her bondage-loving housemate Lenon, who agreed to help her commit her first murder as her ‘submissive’.
Trudi Lenon, who became obsessed with the Briton, had a secret locked room where they tortured and killed their victim (pictured)
Later, in the home the two shared, police found a large saucepan containing mouldy meat that they suspect was used in an experiment with hydrochloric acid.
Lenon, who Pajich-Sweetman had trusted because of his friendship with her young son, lured the teenager to a shopping centre and back to their home.
Pajich-Sweetman, who had Asperger’s syndrome, was believed to have been killed just after arriving at the home, and was found buried beneath a concrete slab in the backyard a week after going missing.
Later, in the home the two shared, police found a large saucepan containing mouldy meat that they suspect was used in an experiment with hydrochloric acid
When he was eventually found he had multiple stab wounds, had been garrotted and had cling film around his face.
In Feburary, 2018 the pair were given life in jail for murder. Judge Stephen Hall said the pair had violent fantasies about murder and death, and chose their victim because he was vulnerable.
‘The idea of killing another person was something that excited both of you. You killed for your own pleasure,’ Judge Hall said.
When he was eventually found he had multiple stab wounds, had been garrotted and had cling film around his face