A documentary on the murder of Kiwi teenager Emily Longley which features CCTV footage of her ex-boyfriend boyfriend attacking her is due to air in the UK this morning (NZT).
Twenty-year-old Elliot Turner strangled the 17-year-old to death in his bedroom at his parents' home in May 2011.
Ms Longley had moved from Auckland to the UK. She had previously been a student at Westlake Girls' High School.
Mummy's Little Murderer, broadcasting on the UK's Channel Five, takes a look into the pair's relationship. It features newly released CCTV footage from a Bournemouth bar on the night before he strangled her.
The video shows the pair at the bar together. Turner, who has been described as a "spoilt, jealous mummy's boy", is seen in a fit of rage smashing Ms Longley's head against a table before flinging a glass across the bar and storming out, while Ms Longley's friends console her.
More footage also reveals on one occasion he took a hammer into a nightclub to threaten another man he believed was hitting on Ms Longley.
On another occasion when she was out with her friends, he is seen following her to a bar, before leaving in a rage after the pair had an argument. The documentary reveals text messages he sent to his mother that night.
"I could f*****g break Emily's neck and beat the f**k out of her, I'm going nuts. The only reason I didn't flip was coz my best pal was with me," the message sent between Turner and his mother Anita Turner on May 6 reads.
"Don't do anything that is inappropriate Elliot you are so young, you have so much life ahead of you, love Mum. I'm going to bed now XX," a reply from Ms Turner read.
The documentary also contains audio of the emergency services call his mother made 40 minutes after Ms Longley was found dead, which shows her attempt to conceal her son's crime.
Ms Turner, 51, tried to claim Ms Longley had been choked in her sleep by tight necklace she was wearing.
Turner's father Leigh Turner destroyed a letter his son wrote confessing to the crime.
However after bugging their house, police made recordings of the family discussing the murder. Elliot said he "lost it" that night, and his mother said: "We've done the right thing." His father then said: "Stop denying it. He f****** strangled her."
Police investigators, along with a number of Turner's friends feature in the documentary, speaking of his rage and paranoia before he killed Ms Longley. Friends say he became increasingly worried that he was losing her and she may have been seeing other men.
Turner adamantly denied her murder, saying her death was an accident, however after a jury trial he was found guilty in May 2012. He was sentenced to 20 years in prison with a minimum of 16 years without parole.
His parents were jailed for 27 months for their part in the crime. They were both released in September.
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source: newshub archive
