Two women, Jemma Lilley, 26, and Trudi Lenon, 43, have been found guilty of murdering 18-year-old Aaron Pajich, a Perth jury ruled this morning.
26-year-old Jemma was obsessed with serial killers , knives and tattoos and her housemate, 43-year-old Trudi, a mother of three, had a passion for BDSM, the jury was told.
The guilty verdict was delivered after a five week trial in the Supreme Court of Western Australia.
The two women have been convicted of luring Aaron, an autistic teenager, to their home and fatally stabbing him to death. The teen was then buried in the backyard of Jemma Lilley’s home, covered by fresh cement and red tiles.
Trudi Lenon is said to have known the teenager through her 14-year-old son and to have studied with him at a local college. Jemma did not know Aaron before the incident.
Both women claimed the other was the one who did the fatal stabbing, but prosecutors ruled the two were equally responsible.
The court also saw a series of Facebook message in which Lilley referred to herself by SOS, an acronym for Son Of Sam, a serial killer she was obsessed with and Lenon went by Corvina, her BDSM name. These messages allegedly spoke of plans and fantasies of killing, torture and domination.
Lenon is said to have moved into the house less than a month earlier with two of her sons.
court once the verdict was delivered.
“It’s heartbreaking to see what’s happened to your boy. They deserve everything they get for what they’ve done. They’ve taken an innocent boy away from his loved ones,” she said.
“They’re just disgusting animals, that’s all I can say, I’m sorry, but there’s no nice words to say about them”.
Our thoughts are with all of those friend and family affected by the tragic case.