Killing Eurydice Dixon didn’t live up to sadist James Todd’s sick fantasies: court
The sadistic man who killed young comedian Eurydice Dixon sensed her panic and was “excited” by it, a court has heard. It was also revealed that murderer Jaymes Todd “felt nothing” and went about his normal life after the sickening act.
Eurydice Dixon’s killer Jaymes Todd said he felt “nothing” after raping and murdering the young woman and went about his normal life, a court has heard.
The then-teenager had a nap, bought a coffee and pie and went home to watch more violent porn in the hours after the killing, later admitting he “didn’t really have any feelings”.
Specialist forensic psychologist Professor James Ogloff said he found this “profoundly disturbing” but it was not uncommon in offenders.
But he did not believe his autism effected his behaviour on the night of the attack.
Todd, 20, was acutely aware Ms Dixon was panicking and was “excited” by this, Prof Ogloff said.
“So much so that he was searching for similar pornography online afterwards,” he said.
The forensic psychologist said he was not optimistic about Todd’s prospect of rehabilitation.
“He has been exposed to those thoughts for at least a fifth of his life and they are quite consuming,” Prof Ogloff said.
“I am very guarded about the possibility of real change.”
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But he did concede Todd had demonstrated a willingness to engage in treatment.
It was also revealed that Todd told his father he “felt like shit” after the attack and “hoped it would be better next time”.
Todd admitted to a psychologist the rape and murder of the aspiring comedian didn’t live up to his sadistic sexual fantasies.
Prof Ogloff said Todd was “frightened” after realising he had the capacity to act on his depraved obsessions and said he was “glad he got caught”.
Todd handed himself into police after friends threatened to turn him in when they recognised his face on the news.
He spent more than an hour denying his involvement to investigators before crumbling, saying “I did it, I’ll tell you everything”.
Todd formally pleaded guilty to murder, rape, attempted rape and sexual assault in November last year.
On the second day of a Supreme Court plea hearing Prof Ogloff said Todd’s profound sexual sadism disorder was the “driving force” behind the attack.
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“He was immersed in his coercive rape fantasies which included strangulation,” Prof Ogloff said.
The court was previously told Todd had been increasingly obsessed with violent pornography, including videos of strangling women to death, in the months leading up to the attack.
Todd had watched such videos just six hours after he killed Ms Dixon.
Prof Ogloff disagreed with earlier expert evidence that Todd’s autism was a significant contributing factor, saying it had “little bearing on the attack”.
“Autism is an insufficient explanation,” Prof Ogloff said.
Originally published as Killing Eurydice Dixon didn’t live up to sadist James Todd’s sick fantasies: court