2 w. ago ‘This is a man who couldn’t cope’: Experts grapple with murder of Lilie James

Lilie James could not have known that Paul Thijssen would react with such violence to her decision to end their relationship.

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2 w. ago ‘I’m so sorry we couldn’t protect you’: Heartbreaking tribute from Lilie James’ mother

Confronting videos of Paul Thijssen preparing to kill his St Andrew’s Cathedral School colleague have been released by the inquest into both their deaths.

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2 w. ago Fear, control and punishment. Why Paul Thijssen killed Lilie James

The St Andrew’s sports coach covered up his sense of inadequacy by “projecting an image of perfection”. But James challenged that facade when she rejected him, experts say.

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2 w. ago Killer filmed rehearsing school attack day Lilie James was murdered

CCTV recorded Paul Thijssen going to the bathrooms next to the St Andrew’s Cathedral School gym and practising lunging through the doors of two of them.

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2 w. ago ‘The preparation was calculated’: Killer rehearsed murder of Lilie James

Paul Thijssen carefully planned his brutal attack, making several dry runs before he murdered the St Andrew’s Cathedral School sports coach, an inquest has heard.

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3 w. ago A bright future, a dark heart; Lilie James inquest to explore control, abuse

An inquest into the murder of Lilie James by her ex-boyfriend in the St Andrew’s gym is expected to explore domestic violence, coercive control and technology-facilitated abuse

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